RCMP confirmed that 39-year-old Trong Minh Nguyen, one-time leader of the FOB (Fresh Off the Boat) gang, was killed in a targeted attack in Langdon, Alta., that afternoon. A video of the shooting is circulating online. In the recording, a vehicle driven by Nguyen pulls into the driveway of a home on Boulder Creek Way in Alberta Township. Two men are then seen approaching the driver’s side of the vehicle from the front and rear before firing into the driver’s window. The video shows a second victim — a 39-year-old woman who police say was airlifted to a hospital in life-threatening condition — leaving the car and heading home. The shooters then get in and drive away in a car described by police as a black 2019 Dodge Ram. RCMP said the suspects may have been spotted in Langdon, Strathmore or Chestermere between September 30, 2022 and October 7, 2022. RCMP later found the suspect vehicle abandoned and wrecked. “The suspect vehicle we believe was involved was located later in the evening fully engulfed in flames,” said Cpl. Lacey Blair in an interview.
Imprisonment and release
The FOB gang engaged in a long-running turf war with rival gang the FOB Killers that resulted in at least 25 deaths. In 2018, Nguyen was convicted of conspiracy to kill Vinh Tung Truong, a rival gang member, in 2012. First in a cemetery and then in the Calgary Courts Centre. Nguyen was sentenced to 10½ years in prison, but with time already served, Nguyen had 3.5 years to serve. He was released from prison in April this year after completing his prison sentence. At the time, police issued a public warning confirming he lived in the Strathmore area and advised people to stay away from him. RCMP have no suspects in custody and no arrests have been made in connection with the shooting.
