60岁的亚裔杂货店主范越忠（Van Viet Truong）在尝试阻止青少年抢劫时遭到袭击，于周三在医院去世，警方随后确认了这一消息[1]。事件发生在墨尔本西部阳光区汉普郡路的购物街，范越忠在周六试图制止几名年轻人盗取衣服，却在过程中遭受暴力袭击[1]。
五名青少年因该事件被指控暴力犯罪，年龄分别为12、13、14、14和15岁，其中包括3名男孩和2名女孩[1]。13岁男孩的指控随后被撤销，其余四人将在儿童法庭出庭[1]。这起悲剧发生在犯罪率持续上升的社区，当地布林班克地区的犯罪率已创下六年来新高，比维州平均水平高出近9%[1]。
事件引发了当地商户的强烈不满。商户茱莉·陈表示："他们本可以做出改变。不一定非要等到一个人死亡才推动这件事"[1]。议员莎拉·康诺利和警察部长保罗·埃德布鲁克在周三与商户举行了会议，听取他们对治安问题的关切[1]。
Van Viet Truong, a 60-year-old Asian grocer, died Wednesday afternoon at a hospital, four days after being attacked while attempting to prevent teenagers from stealing clothes in his commercial district [1]. The incident occurred on Saturday on Hampshire Road in Sunshine, a western suburb of Melbourne, when Truong intervened against the shoplifters [1]. Police confirmed his death on Thursday [1].
Five teenagers aged 12, 13, 14, 14, and 15 were initially charged with violent crimes in connection with the assault [1]. However, charges against the 13-year-old boy were subsequently withdrawn, leaving four defendants to face the children's court [1]. The attack has intensified concerns among local business owners about safety in the Brimbank community, which has experienced crime rates at a 6-year high, running nearly 9 percent above the Victorian state average [1].
Local shopkeeper Julie Tran expressed frustration over the conditions, stating: "They could have made a change. They didn't have to wait for a person to die to push this" [1]. In response to mounting concerns, state Member of Parliament Sarah Connolly and Police Minister Paul Edbrooke met with merchants on Wednesday to discuss their grievances [1].