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The 4th St family was dealt a harsh and tragic blow this past week, and now as any good family does they are banding together to support their own. This press release was just released by the business district asking for YOUR HELP. PLEASE READ and help in anyway you can. Even just helping to spread the word can help more then you might realize. In TheMan's blog this week on Long Beach's Season of Nonviolence, we talked about what it takes to get you involved and what it actually means to be involved. Well, here's one way for you to raise your voice against this kind of senseless violence.
4th Street Offers Arrest Reward of Store Clerk Murder Suspects & Establishes Fund to Raise Money for Victim’s Family
Business District Offers $1000 Reward To LBPD & Sets Up Chip-In Fund To Raise Funds For Family of Sor Phouam
The community is still reeling from the news of the botched robbery and senseless murder of clerk Sor Phouam at the P&B Liquor store on 4th & Cherry this past Saturday evening, January 22nd. Phouam, a Long Beach resident, had worked at the location for about ten years. After lengthy discussions and wanting to do something meaningful for the family and the neighborhood, the 4th Street Business Improvement District has decided to offer a reward of $1,000 as an incentive for information leading to the identification and arrest of the suspects still at large. Additionally, the BID has established a Chip-In fund to raise funds from individual businesses and the community for the victim’s family.
“Our board of directors would like to honor the life of Phouam and to help his family in what must be a horrific time,” said BID president, Kerstin Kansteiner. “Collectively, we decided that the best thing we could do as business district was to aid in the capture and conviction of these heinous killers, and to help raise money to give to the family. We hope that with our reward donation, we can help entice anyone with information to come forward. And, with the established Chip-In fund, we can help raise money to help Phouam’s family.”
Anyone interested in contributing to the “Sor Phouam Fund” can do so here: http://4thstreetlongbeach.chipin.com/sor-phouam-memorial-fund
Police are only describing the two suspects as Hispanic males wearing dark clothing. The weapon used at the scene was some type of handgun. Other details are being withheld as investigators continue to examine the incident in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Anyone who may have any information regarding this incident is urged to contact Long Beach Police Department’s Homicide Detectives Todd Johnson or David Rios at (562) 570-7244. Anonymous tips can also be sent via text or email atwww.longbeach.gov/police.
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Comment by JulsnMatt1028 on February 1, 2011 at 1:21pm 
Comment by Judy Anderson on February 1, 2011 at 12:18pm I think it's a generous and heartfelt thing that you are doing for the family, as well as to bring awareness to people in LB that no one and no area is exempt from crime. All crime is bad but we feel it most when it's a totally senseless crime to an innocent person. We have way too much of this kind of crime in LB and it doesn't seem to be lessening as far as I can tell. I certainly don't have the answer; I guess no one does. We need to come together as a community, as a city of people (no matter what race or nationality) who refuse to allow or accept this kind of thing to continue. We need to come forward, report anything we know that can help the authorities find these criminals and all the other ones that are getting away with MURDER - literally!
These "loose cannons" and gang-bangers need to be STOPPED from killing people and destroying our quality of life throughout the entire city of Long Beach. I know the police do have a "gang unit" but it doesn't seem to be enough.
These 2 particular suspects should not be hard to find - their faces are perfectly clear and SOMEBODY knows who they are. If we continue to allow fear to keep us silent, things are just going to get worse.
If other people have any realistic ideas about how we, the public, can have an effect on reducing crime in our city, I, for one, would love to hear about it.
Do you ever watch the television show "What Would You Do"? If you haven't seen it, check it out. It's that show with John Quinonnes, that I think is on Friday nights. It's pathetic how many people DON'T say or do anything because they think it's none of their business or because they don't want to get involved.....THAT'S a big part of the problem......nobody wants to get involved! But if it was OUR mother, sister, neighbor, whoever. . . . .. we'd want somebody to get involved! People just go on their merry little ways thinking it could never happen to them - but it CAN happen to anyone!
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