For most of the previous decade he had lived in Virginia, the state where a
gunman killed 32 innocent people at the Virginia Tech campus in 2007. While
in that state Goh incurred debts including $23,000 (£14,500) in unpaid taxes
and $15,000 (£9,500) to banks.
After arriving in California to make a new start he described leaving behind a
divorce, a daughter, and a failed building business in Virginia.
He found a job at an Asian food warehouse but was let go after four months for
arguing with customers. His former employer said: “Something inside went
wrong. He was very angry all these years.” The death of his war veteran
brother in a road accident last year was said to have affected him deeply.
On Tuesday night 1,000 people, including relatives and friends of the victims,
gathered for a memorial service in English and Korean at a Baptist church in
Oakland.
Mayor Jean Quan, the first Asian-American woman mayor of a major US city, told
mourners: “This is America, where you can find a gun easier than mental
health services.
“America has to look into its soul. It cannot be that we can find more guns in
our streets than we can find health care and mental health services.
That cannot be. That’s not our America.”
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