COURTESY OF SUNAH YANG
APPLE
PICKING
He was two blocks from his
house when a man holding a gun
approached him, according to
police. The man — whom police
would later identify as Dominick Davis — demanded Yang’s
iPhone. When he refused, Davis
shot him once in the chest. Yang
died on the sidewalk.
Yang was still wearing the
iPhone’s white earbuds when paramedics arrived, investigators told
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his sister. Davis had left his wallet untouched, but had taken his
iPhone. Police later found the phone
for sale on Craigslist for $400.
Prosecutors charged Davis and
an alleged accomplice, Alejandro
Campos, with murder. They have
pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial in jail on Rikers Island.
Nearly a year after Yang’s death,
a cloud of grief still hangs over
his family. His father sleeps in his
son’s bed. His mother prayed at
the scene of the shooting every day
for four weeks until her husband
26-year-old
aspiring chef
Hwangbum
Yang was shot
and killed for
his iPhone.