Service, Dammit!

Police and residents are saying that the main suspect accused of killing a Chinatown diner this week is a businessman from New Jersey who had some sort of financial dispute with the victim. Obviously the best method of negotiation in such a case is to shooting the other party in the nuts:

The New Jersey man shot and killed in a Chinatown restaurant on Wednesday was supposed to be building a restaurant financed by the wealthy businessman who shot him, the authorities said yesterday.

The victim, Ming Wang, was shot several times as he sat waiting for his food at the Yung Sun Seafood Restaurant at 47 East Broadway early Wednesday evening. The shooting followed a dispute the men had about the restaurant project, authorities said.

The police were still searching for the suspect last night, and have not officially released his name. But investigators and residents of Chinatown identified him as Sau Yung Cheng, 50, of Hamilton, a suburb of Trenton. He is also known by the name Allen Cheng.

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On Wednesday, Mr. Wang walked into the Yung Sun Seafood Restaurant before 6 p.m., and sat down with a couple sitting near the door of the restaurant, the police said. They said that after a brief, heated exchange, the couple walked out of the restaurant. A short time later, the man returned and shot Mr. Wang four to eight times, wounding him in his head, back, arm and groin. Then he ran, and disappeared into Chinatown.

There is something gritty and film noir-like about “disappearing into Chinatown.” Nice flourish! Of course it’s not like Gangs of New York anymore, and the suspect was traced back to his home of Hamilton, where furious customers demanded to know why the Chinese people weren’t open because, you know, Chinese places are open every day — even Christmas:

No one answered the door yesterday at Mr. Cheng’s house in Hamilton, and the BMW that neighbors said he usually drove was not outside. Neighbors said the local police had been at the house. A restaurant in Hamilton owned by Mr. Cheng was closed yesterday, and confused customers could be seen peering into the darkened windows.

“I want some sushi,” said John Abatto, 47, who lives in Hamilton. “He should have had his workers open the restaurant.”

Dude is on the lam and you think he should open shop? Now that’s service!