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Surveillance videos show final moments of killed massage shop employee

"Everything was very sad to see. I replayed it a lot in my head for a while," Jody Muñiz Johnson, a nearby business owner, said.

Surveillance videos show final moments of killed massage shop employee

"Everything was very sad to see. I replayed it a lot in my head for a while," Jody Muñiz Johnson, a nearby business owner, said.

JONI MUNIZ JOHNSON WORKS AT 89 HAIR DESIGN A BUSINESS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO WONDERFUL MASSAGE. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS SHOCKED WHEN SHE SAW BULLETS AND BLOOD A SITE. SHE WITNESSED THE MORNING AFTER THE SHOOTING. IT WAS JUST A GROSS FEELING TO GO AND BE HAPPY AND JOLLY WITH PEOPLE CUSTOMERS AND KNOWING THAT SOMEBODY WAS MURDERED JANUARY 25TH A DAY THAT REPLAYS OVER AND OVER FOR JODY MUNIZ JOHNSON THE BUSINESS OWNER DROVE TO THAT MORNING EXPECTING A NORMAL DAY, BUT WHEN SHE ARRIVED TO HER HAIR SALON ON MENAUL IT WAS ANYTHING BUT WE ALL GOT TOGETHER THE BARBER AND THE CELL PHONE GUY NEXT DOOR, AND WE JUST WERE IN SHOCK THE LANDLORD. AND WE TRY TO PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER, BUT WE DIDN’T KNOW WE DIDN’T KNOW MUCH HER FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR. SUE A FONG WAS SHOT AND KILLED DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY THE NIGHT BEFORE THIS VIDEO. WE OBTAINED SHOWING HER FINAL MOMENTS INSIDE THE MASSAGE SHOP HERE. YOU SEE FONG LETTING A MAN INSIDE THE SITUATION THEN ESCALATED AFTER HE THREATENED HER WITH A GUN TO LET ANOTHER MAN IN THEN THEY DRAGGED HER BY HER HAIR TO THE BACK OF THE BUSINESS FONG EVENTUALLY DIED AFTER A SHOOTOUT WITH BOTH MEN. I ACTUALLY IN THE NEXT DAY WITH HER PARTNER, AND HE WANTED TO GATHER SOME STUFF AND TO SEE HIM CRY AND TO FIND HER MASK FULL OF BLOOD AND JUST THE BLOOD AND THE MESS THE BULLET HOLES. EVERYTHING WAS VERY SAD TO SEE IT WAS. I LIKE REPLAYED IT A LOT IN MY HEAD FOR A WHILE THAT PARTNER OF FOUR YEARS BROUGHT HANSTEIN. HE SAYS HE’S STILL STRUGGLING WITH THE LOSS. I READ OF A PHRASE ONE TIME THAT SORT OF RESONATES WITH ME THE TIME PASSES BUT THE REMAINS AND THAT’S IT’S KIND OF SITUATION, BUT HE’S NOW TURNING HIS ATTENTION TO A NEW DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUE OF ASIAN HATE CRIMES IN HOPES THAT HIS PAIN WON’T BE FELT BY ANYONE ELSE SOMEHOW CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN BRINGING. PEOPLE TOGETHER AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS THE DOCUMENTARY CALLED I HATE ASIANS IS SCHEDULED T
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Surveillance videos show final moments of killed massage shop employee

"Everything was very sad to see. I replayed it a lot in my head for a while," Jody Muñiz Johnson, a nearby business owner, said.

Last Friday marked five months since the deadly shooting at a massage shop in northeast Albuquerque. Yet, despite the time passed, a nearby business owner said she's still traumatized. "It was just a gross feeling, to go and be happy and jolly with people customers, knowing that somebody was murdered," Jody Muñiz Johnson, owner of '89 Hair Design, said. Johnson currently works next to Wonderful Massage, located on Menaul. The shop was where Sihui Fang, a 45-year-old employee, was killed during a shootout the night of January 24."She was a beautiful woman, a good woman," Johnson said. "I'd done her hair several times, so we had a connection. She was a good person, a great massage therapist."The business owner drove to work the following morning, expecting a normal day. However, when she arrived to her hair salon, it was anything but. "We all got together, the barber and cellphone guy next door, and we just were in shock. We tried to put the pieces together, but we didn't know much," Johnson said. KOAT exclusively obtained surveillance video inside the massage shop, showing Fang's last moments. In the video, Fang appears to let 19-year-old Juan Carlos Hernandez and 18-year-old Jorge Rivera-Ramirez inside the business around 8:15 p.m. The situation then escalated, after one of the suspects threatened her with a gun. The video then shows Fang being dragged to the back of the shop by her hair. She eventually died after a shoot-out with Rivera-Ramirez. He was later taken to the hospital in critical condition. "I actually went in the next day with her partner, and he wanted to gather some stuff," she said. "To see him cry, and to find her mask full of blood, and the bullet holes. Everything was very sad to see. I replayed it a lot in my head for a while."Rod Honstein was Fang's partner for four years. He said he's still struggling with the major loss. "I read a phrase one time that sort of resonates with me. 'Time passes, but the pain remains.' And that's kind of the situation," Honstein said. He's now turning his attention to a new documentary, highlighting the issue of Asian hate crimes. Honstein hopes his pain, won't be experienced by anyone else. "I think if this documentary brings awareness to the issue that Asian people in the United States face, then it somehow can make a difference in bringing people together," he said. We can figure out how we can deal with these kinds of problems."The "I Hate Asians" documentary is expected to be released in February 2023. It's being directed by Charlie Minn.

Last Friday marked five months since the deadly shooting at a massage shop in northeast Albuquerque.

Yet, despite the time passed, a nearby business owner said she's still traumatized.

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"It was just a gross feeling, to go and be happy and jolly with people [and] customers, knowing that somebody was murdered," Jody Muñiz Johnson, owner of '89 Hair Design, said.

Johnson currently works next to Wonderful Massage, located on Menaul.

The shop was where Sihui Fang, a 45-year-old employee, was killed during a shootout the night of January 24.

"She was a beautiful woman, a good woman," Johnson said. "I'd done her hair several times, so we had a connection. She was a good person, a great massage therapist."

The business owner drove to work the following morning, expecting a normal day.

However, when she arrived to her hair salon, it was anything but.

"We all got together, the barber and cellphone guy next door, and we just were in shock. We tried to put the pieces together, but we didn't know much," Johnson said.

KOAT exclusively obtained surveillance video inside the massage shop, showing Fang's last moments.

In the video, Fang appears to let 19-year-old Juan Carlos Hernandez and 18-year-old Jorge Rivera-Ramirez inside the business around 8:15 p.m. The situation then escalated, after one of the suspects threatened her with a gun.

The video then shows Fang being dragged to the back of the shop by her hair.

She eventually died after a shoot-out with Rivera-Ramirez. He was later taken to the hospital in critical condition.

"I actually went in the next day with her partner, and he wanted to gather some stuff," she said. "To see him cry, and to find her mask full of blood, and the bullet holes. Everything was very sad to see. I replayed it a lot in my head for a while."

Rod Honstein was Fang's partner for four years.

He said he's still struggling with the major loss.

"I read a phrase one time that sort of resonates with me. 'Time passes, but the pain remains.' And that's kind of the situation," Honstein said.

He's now turning his attention to a new documentary, highlighting the issue of Asian hate crimes.

Honstein hopes his pain, won't be experienced by anyone else.

"I think if this documentary brings awareness to the issue that Asian people in the United States face, then it somehow can make a difference in bringing people together," he said. We can figure out how we can deal with these kinds of problems."

The "I Hate Asians" documentary is expected to be released in February 2023. It's being directed by Charlie Minn.