Le Quoc Tuan robbed money at the casino

On February 1, Ho Chi Minh City Police issued a notice to search for Pham Thanh Tam (aka Ty "Ba Rom", 33 years old) with identifying characteristics: thin, dark skin, speaking with a Southern accent...

This move was made after 4 days of investigation into police lieutenant Le Quoc Tuan (aka Tuan Khi, 33 years old) who shot dead 4 people at a casino and another person on Provincial Road 15. Tuan was identified as having given the money he had stolen from the casino to Tam, after which the two fled in different directions.

In connection with the case, the police also detained many other people.

According to the investigation, at noon on January 29, Tuan and Le Quoc Minh (aka Si Da, 27 years old, Tuan's cousin) went to the casino in the longan garden to play dice. Having a conflict with the gamblers, Tuan went home to get an AK gun and returned to shoot many times, killing 4 people on the spot and injuring one. After committing the crime, he took the SH motorbike at the scene and fled, continuing to steal another motorbike from a man on the provincial road, shooting the victim to death.

Nghi Tuan hid in an area with many canals and overgrown trees in Bon Phu hamlet (Trung An commune) - more than 10 km from the shooting scene. 500 police officers from the Ministry of Public Security and Ho Chi Minh City Police surrounded him in many layers and searched for him for more than a day but could not find him.

Ho Chi Minh City police have initiated a case, prosecuted the defendant and issued a wanted warrant for Tuan for the following acts:Murder, Robbery,Illegal use of military weapons.

Lieutenant General Le Dong Phong (Director of Ho Chi Minh City Police) said that the unit has coordinated with Binh Duong, Long An, Tay Ninh provinces and many other provinces and cities to hunt down Tuan.

Currently, dozens of police officers are still taking turns searching for him in Trung An commune.