Johnathan Cromwell said he feared for his life after he confronted Jiansheng Chen outside a community clubhouse in Chesapeake, Va., late one night in 2017.
A 60-year-old grandfather of three was playing Pokémon Go on his cellphone in 2017 when a security guard confronted him, then opened fire. By Antonia Noori Farzan Antonia Noori Farzan Reporter for Morning Mix Email Bio Follow March 5 at 6:43 AM Playing Pokémon Go was supposed to be a way for Jiansheng Chen to connect with his grandchildren.
In the weeks that followed, Chinese American activists held protests and waved signs that demanded “Justice for Grandpa Chen.” The deadly confrontation prompted several Democratic members of Congress to issue a statement demanding an investigation and questioning “how a game of Pokémon Go turned into a fatal shooting.
Chen’s relatives described him as a family man and a hard worker. In a statement provided through their lawyer, they told the Virginian-Pilot that he had grown up in Fujian Province, China, and dropped out of school after sixth grade to work in a mine so he could earn money for his family.
Chen began reversing the van, and acted as if he was going to run him over, Cromwell claimed. He said that he yelled, “Stop the vehicle,” but Chen shook his head no. Thinking about his younger brother, who had been killed in a car accident just months before, he decided to open fire.Though the shooting wasn’t captured on video, a neighbor’s security camera recording confirmed that Cromwell had told Chen to stop and put the car in park before he began shooting.
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