Dang found it increasingly difficult to make successful collections. He owed about $60K to Ho by October 2019. Among those who owed money to Dang were his friends from college days, reports said. Dang reportedly wanted to pay Ho about $2,000 that day and then pay off the rest of the debt gradually. Ho reportedly refused to accept the payment plan.<\/p>\n
Ho became angry with the slow payment progress and began making threatening statements to Dang about the debt. The statements culminated the morning before the shooting, when Ho texted Dang to pay the debt \u201cor else you can\u2019t blame me for what happens to you,\u201d court testimony revealed.<\/p>\n
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Dang and Ho planned to meet at a Huntington Beach strip mall parking lot to discuss the money. Dang brought a firearm along to \u201cscare\u201d Ho, testimony revealed. But Ho tried to snatch the weapon, and a shot was discharged. Prosecutors argued that Ho wasn’t armed, nor did he pose a threat to Dang\u2019s life in the SUV.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ho then exited the SUV before collapsing from a gunshot to the right temple. He died at a local hospital a few days later.<\/p>\n
Dang was apprehended following the incident and admitted to shooting Ho, the Register <\/em>said.<\/p>\nLesser Charges Sought<\/h2>\n
Dang\u2019s attorney, Ricardo Nicol III, suggested that the jury consider a lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, the Register<\/em> said. He offered a different story based on Dang\u2019s version of the incident.<\/p>\n“He says there was a struggle in the car and he was scared,” Nicol said in court. “He believed he needed to protect himself.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jurors will resume reviewing evidence Monday of a California sports gambling middleman accused of murdering a bookie over mounting debt. Closing arguments in the trial took place last week in a Santa Ana courtroom. Dennis Tri Gia Dang, 32, of Westminster, Calif., is charged with murder for the Oct. 20, 2019, fatal shooting of Linh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":231412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[81905,13766,81928],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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