2 Dead, 1 Wounded in 2 County Shooting Rampage

ANAHEIM -- A gunman went on a      a.m. His wife fled and was
shooting rampage early Sunday,     unharmed.
killing a man in Anaheim and       Choi then allegedly drove
wounding another in Los            about 35 miles to the 1100
Angeles’ Koreatown 90 minutes      block of South Irolo Street
later before fatally shooting      near Koreatown, where he got
himself, police said.              into a dispute with the
The suspect was identified as      second victim, identified as
Young Choi, 54, a Los Angeles      Ick Choi, 58.
resident. Police said the          Los Angeles police arrived
Anaheim victim, Fung Yoon, 55,     about 5:30 a.m. and found the
was the boyfriend of Choi’s        second victim standing in the
former wife.                       street with a gunshot wound.
The tangled trail of violence      Officers then heard a shot
began about 4:15 a.m. when         and found the gunman on the
Anaheim police were called to      sidewalk with a self-
an apartment in the 1100           inflicted wound to the head
block of North West Street,        several houses away from
where they found Yoon with         where second victim was shot.
several gunshot wounds. The        The second victim was in
man had been in the apartment      critical condition but
with his girlfriend when Choi      expected to live, said Los
allegedly turned up and began      Angeles Police Det. Adrian
arguing with the couple, said      Chin. The assailant and
Anaheim Police Sgt. Rick           second victim were not
Martinez.                          related but were longtime
Choi allegedly pulled a gun        friends, Chin said. The
and shot the victim several        shooting was apparently
times. The man was taken by        caused by an ongoing dispute
paramedics to a hospital,          the two had in the last year,
where he died shortly after 5      police said.                  

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