A revealing comment from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Patriot, February 9, 1996. The editorial concerns an armed robbery committed by four teenagers, one of whom shot the store owner in the head as he stood with his hands up. The owner has since been in a coma, on life support.

Had [the shooter] and his friends been content to walk out of Sun Brothers Market with the cash drawer, it would have been a routine heist and Chung Ho Kwak likely would have returned to work the next day. But without warning or explanation, the young man raised his weapon and fired.

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