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3.08.2009

another asian business owner murdered in philadelphia

Another violent crime in Philadelphia targeting an Asian American business owner... Police are looking for the suspect responsible for fatally shooting 68-year-old Joseph Chung Ha in an attempted robbery at his dry cleaner shop: Dry Cleaner Murder Suspect Sought.

Ha, a husband and father of four, ran his dry cleaning business, Alert Cleaners, in the city's Olney neighborhood for over two decades. According to police, Ha was walking to his car in the evening after work when someone shot him twice in the chest in an apparent robbery.

Anyone with information is asked to call authorities. Police are searching for a male suspect with a thin-to-medium build in his early 20s. More here: Olney bizman dies in likely holdup try.