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Sung Yang

Case from Los Angeles, CA dated Aug 16, 2025

Victim Details

Sung Yang

Female

North East Asian (Mongol, Tibetan, Korean Japanese, etc)

Los Angeles

CA

2025-08-16

73

Sung

Yang

07/10/2026

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Sung Yang, a 73-year-old woman and North East Asian was fatally shot on August 16, 2025, in Los Angeles after an argument turned violent in the Harvard Heights neighborhood near the 1300 block of South St. Andrews Place. Officers responded around 10:30 p.m.; both the 73-year-old woman and a passing motorist who tried to help were struck by gunfire and rushed to a hospital, where the 73-year-old woman died. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner subsequently identified the victim as Sung Yang. ...
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  • MyNewsLA.com: Woman Killed in Harvard Heights Shooting Identified - MyNewsLA.com
  • https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-assaulting-woman-shoots-her-passerby-who-tried-to-intervene-in-historic-l-a-neighborhood/
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    I can't stop thinking about the courage it must have taken for the passing motorist who tried to ste... ...Read More
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