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Bruce Thao

Case from St Paul, MN dated Oct 12, 1993

Victim Details

Bruce Thao

Male

St Paul

MN

1993-10-12

18

Bruce

Thao

06/22/2026

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On a Tuesday evening in St. Paul, Minnesota, the lives of two young men were tragically cut short. On October 12, 1993, 18-year-old Bruce Teng Thao and his friend, 19-year-old Kai Lor, were found shot to death. Both Thao, a Hmong male, and Lor suffered from multiple gunshot wounds. The incident was a grim addition to a series of violent events that had shaken the Hmong community in St. Paul during that time.

The investigation into the double homicide led authorities to a connected crime, ...
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  • https://caaav.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Voice_Spring_1994.pdf
  • 16-Year-Old Hmong Boy Pleads Guilty in Hampden Food Cooperative Robbery

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    I was reading through some old articles and came across the tragic case of Bruce Teng Thao and Kai L... ...Read More
    07/18/2023
    I'm still reeling from the loss of Bruce Teng Thao and Kai Lor after all these years. I recently rea... ...Read More
    06/06/2023
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