Canada - Six adults, 2 kids dead in Edmonton killing spree, 29 Dec 2014

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The devoted churchgoer appears to have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, friends say, since they’d never heard of the man tied to her death.

“We don’t have any clue. There is now the question of why,” said Thanh Le, longtime pastor of the Vietnamese Alliance Church, which Ms. Duong attended since childhood. “In our mind, it’s tough to swallow the fact she was killed.”

The wrong place at the wrong time? She was in her own house. She happens to be Vietnamese. So is the suspect and at least two of the other victims (his wife and son who have been identified in MSM). So why did he drive across town to this woman's house, enter and shot her dead, and then wander around all suicidal? It can't be so random. He had already shot 7 and killed 7 people before he shot Cyndi. Did he seek out any Vietnamese person to kill? Then he goes to the restaurant to kill himself. Why there? Was he waiting for other people to show up at the restaurant to kill them too? I hope more info comes out soon.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2015/0...-of-killing-her-and-seven-others-friends-say/
 
Brent Wittmeier ‏@Wittmeier 2m2 minutes ago
Phu Lam had over a dozen credit cards, bankruptcy documents show, adding up to over $100k in debt. That and a full mortgage.
 
Janice Johnston ‏@cbcjanjohnston 1h1 hour ago
We have learned 9 domestic violence charges laid in 2012 against Phu Lam in Nov 2012 were stayed one month later.
 
Two years ago he threatened to kill her and her family and now she is dead. Was her family his victims too? Her son is dead, likely her daughter too (not confirmed yet). Sick.
 
Lam worked as a machine operator with Alta Steel, a scrap-based mini-mill operation in Edmonton. He lived at the north end home, 18024 83 Street, with his wife Thuy-Tien Truong and a child, documents show.

Lam met his wife in Vietnam in 2000, they married six months later. He sponsored her family to come to Canada in 2009.

Documents show their relationship went downhill soon after Tien came to Canada.

In 2012, Lam was charged with sexual assault, assault and seven counts of threatening to cause death, but those charges were stayed more than a month later.

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Detailed bankruptcy statements reveal Lam had a gambling problem and racked up more than $112,000 in unsecured charges across more 15 credit cards. He was ordered to attend a gambling addiction remediation program.


On Dec. 16, 2014, just over a week before the bodies were discovered, the court ordered that Lam repay $17,655.43 in connection with his bankruptcy claim.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...murder_had_violent_record.html?app=noRedirect
 
The handgun used in the crimes was reported stolen from Surrey, B.C. in 2006.
Earlier this week, police identified Cyndi Duong, a 37-year-old mother of three, as the lone victim in one of the three crime scenes created by Lam’s spree.
Police were first alerted to the killings when they received a weapons complaint at Duong’s south Edmonton residence on Haswell Court. She was found dead from a single 9mm gunshot wound. It’s unclear what, if any, connection exists between Duong and Lam.

I wonder if he stole that gun in 2006 after finding out that his son wasn't biologically his. JMO

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...murder_had_violent_record.html?app=noRedirect
 
She was granted an emergency protection order following a hearing on Nov. 6, 2012.


In her video testimony, she said Lam planned to kill her whole family two weeks earlier. He was going to look for a gun, but no one would sell one to him, she said.


In her testimony, she said she wanted to move back with her parents and that her sister called police over fears for her life.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmon...m-threatened-to-kill-family-in-2012-1.2888437
 
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