Job hopeful from Virginia is slain in Oakland

Monday, July 19, 2010


(07-19) 09:49 PDT OAKLAND -- A Virginia man in the Bay Area for a job interview was shot and killed in downtown Oakland during an apparent robbery, police said today.

Jing Hong Kang, 45, of Fairfax, Va., was shot near the corner of 19th and Webster streets at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday, police said.

Kang had gotten his teeth cleaned earlier in the day and had returned to his rental car with a dental hygienist when he was shot, police said.

His dental appointment was in preparation for a job interview that had been scheduled for today at Google, police said. Investigators said Kang and the hygienist knew each other because they had been members of the same church.

She was helping Kang enter directions back to his hotel into the car's GPS system when two men approached them, police said. The men demanded money, and one of them shot Kang, police said. The woman was not hurt.

The assailants escaped. Police have not provided a description of them.