Another Chinese Takeout Deliveryman Killed in D.C.

11/16/07

29 year old Hong Zhi Wang, was delivering a restaurant order in Southeast Washington when he was shot, killed, and robbed Nov 11th. This was the second such killing in the District in recent months – On Sept 1, Ling Mao, 36, was also killed by gunfire on Savannah Street and Ridgecrest Court SE, police said.

A witness at home saw Wang deliver on Barnaby Terrace street. As Wang was driving away, a man in his twenties a hooded sweatshirt shot him several times and calmly walked away. Wang had been followed and robbed.

Wang was from northern China whose wife and two children lives in New York. He had been in the country for eight years. He had moved to D.C. to find work and had previously been robbed.
Officers are passing out fliers with safety tips in several languages, including Vietnamese, Chinese and Korean. Police have not made any arrests.

Police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.

His wife had been concerned about the safety of his job. Chinese Take-out Deliverymen have been robbed, assaulted, or killed in areas ranging from New York City to Florida to Canada.

Sites of the two killings