At approximately 8 p.m., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, Cuc Lung, 34, and Quang Tran, 38, returned to their residence on Redstone Manor N.E., when they were shot while sitting in their vehicle. Lung’s five-year-old son was also in the car at the time of the shooting, however, he was uninjured.
Tran died at the scene and Lung was transported to hospital where she died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.
At approximately 7:30 a.m., on Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, emergency crews responded to reports of a shooting in the area of 171 Avenue and 126 Street, in the Edmonton community of Rapperswill, where Phu Phan, 30, was found deceased in the driveway of his residence. He died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.
It is believed the two shooting incidents were targeted attacks carried out by an organized crime group.
Jimmy Truong, 26, of Calgary, was arrested in Calgary yesterday, Thursday, April 19, 2018. He is charged with first degree murder (x3).
In September 2017, the CPS and the EPS asked the public for assistance to identify Truong, as well as two other men who may have had information about these homicides. Those two men have since been identified and remain of interest to investigators.
Anyone in Edmonton with additional information about these crimes is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567or #377 from a mobile phone. Anonymous information can also be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.p3tips.com/250.