The Region - News from July 30, 1986

Police are investigating the gang-style shooting of an Orange resident who was gunned down last weekend in front of a San Gabriel shopping center, San Gabriel police said Tuesday. Minh Kien Lam, 21, died from a gunshot wound at close range after a fight broke out about midnight Sunday in front of a shopping center in the 500 block of East Valley Boulevard, a police spokesman said. Lam was standing alone near his car when the fight started after heated words were exchanged between the victim and a group of about 10 Vietnamese men, the spokesman said. There are no suspects in custody, and the investigation is continuing, police added.