5.15.2008

shop owner shot to death in gardena, ca

In Gardena, California, a $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the conviction of two men who fatally shot 51-year-old Hae Sook Roh while robbing her t-shirt shop: Reward offered in slaying of Gardena shop owner. Store surveillance video shows the robbers entering the store, speaking with Roh and then opening fire with a handgun, shooting her at least three times. There's video of the robbery here. It's pretty disturbing.

Roh, a mother of two, had lived in the area for at least 15 years and owned the store for five years. Shot three times in the torso, she died Monday night at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Investigators said the gunman who shot Roh was in his 20s and covered his face with a bandanna. He wore shorts, a black jacket and white T-shirt. The man with him was about 20 and was wearing a blue shirt and blue jeans. Anyone with information on the case can call the sheriff's Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

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