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Los Angeles Wig Shop Owner FATALLY STABBED While Chasing Teenage Robbers

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Oct. 4 2022, Published 2:04 p.m. ET

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A Los Angeles wig shop owner was fatally stabbed as he attempted to stop a robbery on Oct. 1, Radar has learned.

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Tommy Lee, 56, who owned a wig shop near the intersection of Wall Street and Olympic Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles, was working around 1:15 p.m. when a pair of 17-year-olds attempted to rob him.

“They were looking at a wig. And then all of a sudden, they made a run for it,” landlord Davina Kangavari said. Surveillance and cellphone video showed one of the suspects looking at a blonde wig before both took off. Lee then started chasing them.

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“Tommy had a record of being tough and going after robbers. He started chasing them around [the] shopping center and then the boy pulled out a knife and shanked him right in the heart,” Kangavari said.

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Lee, who is of South Korea descent and immigrated to the United States, was found unconscious and pronounced dead on scene. A boy and a girl, whose names have not been released because they are minors, were arrested in connection with Lee's death.

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Lee, who owned his Fashion District wig shop for more than 20 years, is survived by a 25-year-old daughter.

“I don’t think he ever imagined he would be murdered over a wig,” Kangavari said, according to the New York Post. “Shame on [the robbers]. Threw life away over a wig.”

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