On December 31, 2019, the day of the 34th birthday, Chinese engineer Zeng Shuo was robbed by three gangsters in a Starbucks in Oakland, California, USA, and then dragged 3 meters on the road by the gangsters, and died on the spot.
Why did these 3 gangsters dare to rob in broad daylight? And why did the two gangsters fight after being arrested?
On December 31, 2019, Zeng Shuo was in a particularly good mood, because today is his 34th birthday.
Zeng Shuo's friend called him and told Zeng Shuo that he was going to have a birthday party for him at 7 o'clock today and asked him not to be late.
But what Zeng Shuo's friends did not expect was that the birthday party was not done, but it was a death day...
Zeng Shuo has been working in Oakland for 3 years, and he often works at Starbucks not far from his residence with a laptop, and today is the same.
In the distance, I saw Zeng Shuo walking toward Starbucks refreshed, he entered the store and ordered a cup of coffee, and then sat down in a seat close to the window and began to work.
At this time, the 3 masked gangsters who had been paying attention to Zeng Shuo for a long time and had been ambushed by the window were ready to attack.
While Zeng Shuo was looking at his mobile phone, one of the short-haired gangsters and his speed rushed into the store, grabbed Zeng Shuo's computer and ran to the door.
At this time, at the gate of Starbucks, there was another long-haired gangster who opened the door to cover the rapid escape of his companions.
Although Zeng Shuo was a programmer, his reaction speed was not covered, and he immediately stood up and chased after the short-haired gangster.
The long-haired gangster who was guarding the door saw his companion running over, and immediately opened the door and the two gangsters fled to the SUV that had been prepared.
But at this time, the third yellow-haired gangster was already fully prepared in the off-road vehicle, and he stepped on the accelerator at any time after his companions got into the car.
It can be seen that this is a premeditated robbery criminal gang, and the two gangsters seem to jump like off-string arrows and jump on the pre-prepared off-road vehicle and close the door.
But Zeng Shuo did not intend to let them go, he like a superman a fierce man into the window of the off-road vehicle, hanging in the window of the off-road vehicle in a head-down, leg-up posture.
Zeng Shuo shouted anxiously, "Give me back the laptop!" ”
At this time, the 3 gangsters were stunned, and the short-haired masked robber said, "I want money, not life!" After saying that, he pushed Zeng Shuo out of the car window.
The yellow-haired gangster who was driving also ignored Zeng Shuo, who was hanging outside the car window, and stepped on the accelerator like a highway rushing to the end.
At this time, Zeng Shuo had been pushed out of the car by the short-haired gangsters, his whole body exposed to the outside of the off-road vehicle, and only two hands were still firmly holding the window.
The yellow-haired gangster driving the car was driving very fast, and the short-haired gangster did not intend to take Zeng Shuo for a ride, but instead kicked Zeng Shuo's head with his foot to try to kick him down.
In fact, these things happened very quickly, and Zeng Shuo was kicked out of the window by the yellow-haired gangsters in about 3 seconds and fell on the road.
Saying that it was late and fast, a passing BMW ran past Zeng Shuo's body.
Zeng Shuo lay motionless on the ground like a rag doll, his head bleeding incessantly, his entire face covered with blood, his face bruised, and his body was torn.
Although he was spotted by passing firefighters at the scene and immediately gave him first aid, Zeng Shuo died after arriving at the hospital.
His unsuspecting friends arrived at Zeng Shuo's residence at 7 o'clock at 7 o'clock to hold a birthday party for him according to the agreed time, but what they received was Zeng Shuo's death notice from the police.
Zeng Shuo's parents also flew to the other side of the ocean during the happy period of the upcoming New Year.
Not a family reunion New Year, but the claim of his son's body.
The blood that splashed out, like zeng Shuo's dead life, looked particularly dazzling in the brilliant sunlight at the beginning of the new year.
software engineer
Since 2015, Zeng Shuo has been working as a research engineer and scientist at a company in Emerville, working on deep learning and computer network research and development projects.
Zeng also received a bachelor's degree in physics from Sichuan University and a ph.D. from Kansas State University.
Zeng Shuo is a person who is quite enthusiastic and responsible for life and work, and bright and sunny, treats friends very well, always organizes relatives and friends to carry out outdoor sports, climb mountains and cook, and is not comfortable.
And Zeng Shuo is an amateur photographer who loves photography and the outdoors, zeng shuo has photographed parks and photography meccas in most countries in the United States.
Zeng Shuo has always wanted to shoot a very beautiful set of star tracks, and he has set up a tripod several times in the middle of the night on the outskirts of the city far away from the crowds and the city, shivering and shooting the starry sky, but unfortunately he has not yet achieved his wish.
Zeng Shuo also likes hiking and traveling, according to his friends recall: once with Zeng Shuo in the mountains high temperature hiking for nearly 6 hours, resulting in serious dehydration, a week after leaving the mountain gradually eased up, they also agreed to one day must climb the mountain together.
Zeng Shuo's cousin once said in an interview with the media: "The reason why he will chase after the gangsters is that his computer has stored many good memories of his friends, and he does not want to lose these." ”
Zeng Shuo's relatives and friends also said that they could not believe that such a thing had happened to him, and they did not want to mourn him as a victim of a robbery, because he was not just a victim, he was an excellent scholar.
Another Chinese colleague of Zeng Shuo said in an interview with a local television station that he had made an appointment with Zeng Shuo to go to Zeng Shuo's apartment at 7 p.m. that night to celebrate his birthday, but he did not see Zeng Shuo go home at 7 o'clock, and only after receiving a notice from the police did he learn that he had been killed.
Zeng Shuo's friend said: Zeng Shuo is brave and lonely, just like thousands of Chinese who have gone overseas to study and seek employment, with lofty dreams, facing such an overly fierce world alone, he has an extremely heroic struggle, declaring that he himself has existed in this world, he is a real warrior.
Media reporters also found Zeng Shuo on the Facebook page, uploading photos taken of his travel history around the United States.
People, flowers, plants, and small animals are all his highlights in the shot.
Zeng Shuo's photos are quiet and beautiful, and it can be seen that he is a very delicate person who likes to capture beautiful moments and details in life.
Zeng's colleagues said Mr. Zeng's parents had arrived in San Francisco from China and arrived in the United States on January 4.
A shopkeeper at a flower shop by the road said: "At that time, I saw Zeng Shuo who was injured and fell to the ground, his head was bleeding badly, his face was bruised, I can't forget his pitiful appearance, it is not worth the injury to get back a computer." ”
Another witness, Remus, said he was just passing by the intersection outside the Starbucks store and saw the gangsters in the thief's car having a brief eye contact with him, and the gangsters looked very panicked.
Zeng Shuo only moved to his apartment in Auckland five months ago, and the Starbucks where the crime occurred is only two kilometers away from the apartment.
In a very short time, Zeng Shuo's neighbors called him a person in charge and a person who was kind to others.
In order to commemorate Zeng Shuo after the crime, local residents wrote words of mourning for Zeng Shuo with a note, pasted them on the walls of Starbucks, and someone planted flowers on the road near Starbucks to commemorate him.
Such an excellent Chinese engineer lost his precious life forever because of a robbery.
The murderer almost escaped justice, and after the hammer was dropped, he could only return to society after a few years in prison.
Zeng Shuo's neighbors planned to hold a vigil near his home on the evening of January 4 in honor of Zeng Shuo.
Among them were Zeng Shuo's colleagues, friends, and many people who did not know him who spontaneously participated in this commemorative event.
Everyone remembered the excellent, sunny, helpful him.
Grief-stricken by the loss of their only child by Zeng Shuo's parents, Zeng Shuo was once their greatest pride, he was only 34 years old, and he should have ushered in a brilliant life after graduating with a doctorate.
The gangsters were caught
On January 3, 2020, police said that cameras in a residential area near the scene of the crime captured the license plates of the SUV car used by the gangsters, and the police quickly arrested two suspects, throwing one suspect unnetized.
There were three masked gangsters, one of whom was wearing a dark coat and snatched Zeng Shuo's computer, the other was guarding the gates of Starbucks, and the third was responsible for driving the vehicle.
Two arrested suspects attended the court hearing that day, and one of them was not released on bail.
The perpetrators were Byron, a 22-year-old man in San Francisco, and Jiawen, a 21-year-old man, who appeared in court wearing yellow prison uniforms to attend the hearing.
The judge said Byron would remain in custody on bail, while Mr. Gavin was granted bail of $255,000, with Byron scheduled to reappear on January 6.
It is reported that Byron was charged with murder and Gavin was charged with manslaughter.
Police said that based on the testimony of witnesses and footage from surveillance video, it was shown that Gavin was one of the gangsters who stole the computer, while Byron was the driver of the vehicle, and both were arrested and imprisoned at Byron's sister's home.
Both are "repeat offenders" and both were jailed for theft in 2017.
According to reports, the suspect's driving speed reached a terrible data of 30 per second.
In court, the long-haired suspect seemed very relaxed, even playing with his hair with his hands.
After the police presented the evidence, the suspect suddenly sat up straight, knowing that he was going to be tried by the law.
According to news reports, even after the police had already identified them through surveillance and witnesses, the two gangsters refused to admit guilt.
Even more absurd, Jiawen's family slyly claimed that the police had caught the wrong person, calling Jiawen a "good man" who could not kill anyone.
It also pushed all the responsibility for the murder to Byron, resulting in The extreme dissatisfaction of Byron's family, so that the two sides caused a lot of friction outside the courtroom.
Apathetic language
According to reports, Auckland, where the crime occurred, has always been known as the "city of sin", is a city with a "high risk factor" and has a high crime rate.
Among the 20 most populous cities in the United States, San Francisco has the highest per capita property crime rate in the United States, with 6,188 crimes per 100,000 people. On average, there were 148 cases of theft, robbery and arson per day.
Due to the mixed crowds of people coming in and out, robberies are often committed in Auckland cafes.
Unlike the cozy and casual café environment in China, foreign cafes have always become the place where crimes occur.
Police said there were 80 computer or cell phone robberies in coffee shops in 2019, while 61 similar cases occurred in 2018.
In 2017, Auckland's well-known musician Dave was robbed of his laptop in a café.
In order to recover the stolen laptop, the thieves drove him around and then took him to the hospital, where he died of his injuries.
The Oakland Police Department said it was your wallet, cell phone or computer that was robbed, and it wasn't worth chasing with your life.
We want to warn our community that any property can be replaced, but life cannot.
A police officer of Chinese descent said that the laptop computer was snatched in front of the suspect, which was considered robbery in the eyes of the Chinese.
However, under California law, because the suspect did not directly commit violence against the victim at the time of the crime, it can only be counted as theft.
If it had not led to Zeng Shuo's death, the suspects might have been released quickly even if they were caught.
After Zeng Shuo's deeds were reported by the media, some netizens even commented below: "Do you think money is more important than life? Otherwise, why bother to chase after it? ”
The lives of others may seem unrelated, but these unwarranted speculations are like poisonous arrows.
The comments are chilling, not to question the bandits about the robbery, but to blame the deceased for chasing, and the laptop is not worth much.
It's as if the gangster, before grabbing something, politely asks: Do you want to die or do you want a computer? Anyway, the computer is not worth anything, count three seconds to think about it.
But what about reality?
In broad daylight, a person suddenly appears to snatch your things, the subconscious reaction of that adult man, that must be stopped.
It is generally thought that the worst is not to catch up, or to fight, no one would have thought that if the gangsters did not have guns and knives, there would be such irreparable consequences.
The computer is certainly not as important as life, but what about the memories in the computer, or does the computer store a lot of core data related to work?
Zeng Shuo is 34 years old, and he is highly educated and highly intelligent, how can he not understand that property is important, or life is important?
The computer may be stored in Zeng Shuo's most critical data and materials, if it is snatched and leaked by gangsters, it is not just as simple as losing the computer.
A programmer netizen said: "If I encounter a robbery, I can give him all my money, but my computer is not good." ”
epilogue
According to colleagues who have worked with Zeng Shuo, "Zeng Shuo's ability is very strong, the academic level is also very high, I still remember that he sorted out the literature materials he summarized at work and sent it to me, and explained to me very seriously, specific to the derivation of each formula, hand-in-hand teaching me the commonly used settings that can improve work efficiency, too many such things." ”
Zeng Shuo's protection of his robbed computer is instinctive, he is a brave person, no one can think calmly in that situation.
In the case of being robbed, no one would think about this layer, just instinct.
But the gangsters are too hateful, from premeditated robberies to heavy hands that kill people.
But no matter how the lost life can not be recovered, I hope that everyone can protect themselves first. I hope that the gangsters will get the punishment they deserve.