Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Two Lowell men arraigned in fatal New Year's party shooting


January 3, 2011
By Brian R. Ballou and Martin Finucane
Boston Globe Staff

Two Lowell men who had been kicked out of a New Year's party returned dressed in the colors of their gang and armed with rifles, then fired into the crowd, killing one young woman and injuring seven others, a prosecutor said today at the men's arraignment.

Jameson Phuon, 20, and Sothy Voeun, 19
, pleaded not guilty in Lowell District Court. Each faces one count of murder in the slaying of Corinna Ouer, 20, of Lowell. They were ordered held without bail and a status hearing was set for Jan. 19.

Lowell police discovered the eight shooting victims when they responded to a report of shots fired at 104 Grand St. at 1:20 a.m. on Jan. 1, prosecutors said.

Assistant Middlesex District Attorney Cara Krysil, outlining the government's case, said Phuon and someone at the party in the basement apartment had a gang-related argument that led to Phuon and Voeun being kicked out sometime after midnight. The two men fired shots into the air after they left. Police came and found no one in the vicinity and left.
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