Police: Man shoots wife’s co-worker, self

Published 12:54 pm Saturday, September 7, 2013

ROSEVILLE — Police say a man fatally shot his wife’s co-worker outside her workplace in Roseville and then killed himself.

Officers were called to a parking lot outside CPI Card Group about 4:15 p.m. Thursday. Authorities say 33-year-old Joseph Yang of Brooklyn Park had been shot as the wife of the shooter watched. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The shooter, 44-year-old Cheng Vang of Roseville, then shot himself and died about two hours later at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Investigators recovered a pistol near Vang’s body.

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