Vang said "I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you," - Vang didn't speak english

[NNN0LHI]

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/H/HUNTER_HOMICIDE?SITE=ILKAN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-01-16-16-18-00

Wisconsin Hunter Charged in Slaying

By ROBERT IMRIE
Associated Press Writer


MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) -- A white man was charged Tuesday with murdering a Hmong hunter in the woods in a slaying that rekindled racial tensions in Wisconsin and raised fears among Southeast Asian immigrants that the killing was payback.

James Nichols, 28, shot and stabbed Cha Vang, 30, whose body was found Jan. 6 in a wildlife refuge near Green Bay where both were hunting squirrels, authorities said.

District Attorney Brent DeBord gave no motive for the killing, which Vang's family said appeared to be racially motivated. snip

Nichols gave several versions of the shooting, and once claimed Vang said: "I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you," according to court papers.

Vang did not speak English, his widow has said.

[Sequoia]

1. I'm not surprised something like this has finally happened.

Maybe he lured him out so he could kill him.

[fishnfla]

2. lured him out of where?

Vang is from Green Bay and Nichols from Peshtigo. They did not know each other.

The DA has described the scene as an "accidental" meet-up.

Nichols was a felon who should not have even been hunting with a gun.

[Sequoia]

4. Well, that is really strange then.

I didn't read that part of the story.

[Homer Wells]

3. How very "Cheney-like" of that hunter.

Talk about 'role-models"!

[smoogatz]

5. Interesting that Cha Vang is also the name of the Hmong hunter

that killed a bunch of white guys over a hunting dispute last year. I guess it's a pretty common Hmong name.

[TheMightyFavog]

8. His name was Chai Vang, IIRC

End of Line.

[undeterred]

10. Very common.

Backstory to this is that Wisconsin had an advisory referendum on the death penalty in November 2006. It passed. There's been no death penalty here for over 150 years and many people want it back, as they don't think a life sentence is harsh enough. I'm afraid some people take the law into their own hands when they don't like the system.

[smoogatz]

6. Dupe.

Sorry.

[Rex]

7. I bet it was James yelling 'Im going to kill you!'

Poor Vang didn't stand a chance. Killed in cold blood.

[EFerrari]

9. Thank you, Republics, for bringing out the best in all Americans.

:sarcasm: