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Vigil Tuesday In Dublin For Korean-american Men Killed By Police
Members of the Korean community mark the six-month anniversary of the fatal shooting of two Korean men by Dublin police officers.
Kim and Kwang Tae-Lee were shot by two Dublin police officers on the evening of Aug. 11 after Tae-Lee, a Korean national, refused orders to drop the knife he was holding inside Kim's east Dublin home.
Police said they saw, from the outside of the house, Tae Lee inside, running upstairs with a knife. They went inside the house and, with guns drawn, repeatedly ordered Tae-Lee to put the knife down.
The officers fired when Tae Lee refused. After the first shot, with knife in hand, Tae Lee moved toward the officers, and they shot him several more times. Tae-Lee, who did not speak English, died at the scene.
One of the bullets struck Kim, 49, who was hiding behind a door. Kim died from the gunshot wound at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley three days later.