After mass shooting, Fresno's Hmong community is left mourning and afraid
FRESNO, Calif. - On the second night of candlelight vigils outside the Fresno home where four men were killed Sunday in a mass shooting, the daughter of one victim looked up at the sky and spoke directly to her father.
"I love you, Dad," 5-year-old Alina Xiong said into a microphone. "Can you hear me? I love you so much."
Her father, Kou Xiong, was described by those close to him as a big-hearted person, the kind of family man who would come home from his job as a sushi chef to gingerly steam vegetables that suited his father's restricted diet.
Kou, 38, especially loved bringing friends together for football games. He would hold viewing parties nearly every weekend of the season, often recording them on Facebook Live. His favorite team was the San Francisco 49ers.
It was on one such night that Kou and 30 of his friends and family gathered at his home in a majority
