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Triple shooting victims mourned at vigil as neighbor faces homicide charges
Family members, friends and supporters stood beneath dozens of umbrellas and three tents under a steady rain to remember Jesus R. Manso-Perez, 40; Phia Vue, 36; and his wife Mai K. Vue, 32, who were shot to death March 6. Their neighbor Dan J. Popp, 39, is facing three counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
Chia Youyee Vang, co-chair of the Milwaukee Police Department's District 4 Hmong Advisory Task Force, called the killings an "act of terror" and said, "This tragic incident has made us feel vulnerable and made us question our security."
Witnesses told police that Popp shot Manso-Perez in front of his son as they walked upstairs from a laundry room in the basement, after Popp first asked if they wanted a beer and then asked where they were from. When the father and his son, Jesus Manso-Carrasquillo, answered they were from Puerto Rico, Popp replied, "Oh, that's why you don't speak English."
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"Just because my parents or any other parent do not speak English does not give anyone the right to end the life of someone else," Manso-Carrasquillo wrote.
At the end of the emotional vigil, the crowd prayed for the victims and their families. Perhaps it was fitting that for such a diverse group who came to honor three victims of different ethnicities, prayers were recited in three languages.
They prayed in English. They prayed in Hmong. And they prayed in Spanish.
Family members, friends and supporters stood beneath dozens of umbrellas and three tents under a steady rain to remember Jesus R. Manso-Perez, 40; Phia Vue, 36; and his wife Mai K. Vue, 32, who were shot to death March 6. Their neighbor Dan J. Popp, 39, is facing three counts of first-degree intentional homicide.
Chia Youyee Vang, co-chair of the Milwaukee Police Department's District 4 Hmong Advisory Task Force, called the killings an "act of terror" and said, "This tragic incident has made us feel vulnerable and made us question our security."
Witnesses told police that Popp shot Manso-Perez in front of his son as they walked upstairs from a laundry room in the basement, after Popp first asked if they wanted a beer and then asked where they were from. When the father and his son, Jesus Manso-Carrasquillo, answered they were from Puerto Rico, Popp replied, "Oh, that's why you don't speak English."
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"Just because my parents or any other parent do not speak English does not give anyone the right to end the life of someone else," Manso-Carrasquillo wrote.
At the end of the emotional vigil, the crowd prayed for the victims and their families. Perhaps it was fitting that for such a diverse group who came to honor three victims of different ethnicities, prayers were recited in three languages.
They prayed in English. They prayed in Hmong. And they prayed in Spanish.