K.W. Lee

He told journalist Sandra Jin in the 1994 interview, It was just by the grace of God I have eluded the faith that fell on him.

Because there is a very thin line between him and me.

I was lucky.

He was not lucky.

Did Chersu Lee assassinate Yip Yitak in 1973 on a contract from the Huaqing gang amid a rash of gangland murders in San Francisco?

The Sacramento jury believed that Lee was the hired gun who cold-bloodedly pumped three bullets into the 32-year-old Tuck at the intersection swarming with Sunday tourists and inhabitants.

The prosecution's thrust, based on intelligence reports that the Korean acted as a trusted Chinatown gang enforcer for money, defies the common sense and experiences of the Asian community.

They chose a total of five mug photographs, having characteristics similar to the man they saw shoot the victim.

They made no identification of the suspect.