March 27, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, CaliforniaโOn Thursday, May 7, 2020, officers responded to a report of a shooting in the area of Felton and Colby streets and found 19-year-old Kelvin Chewโs lifeless body on the ground, suffering from a gunshot wound. โ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ค๐งโฆ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐,โ Kelvinโs mother, Monica Chew told ABC7โs Dion Lim.
26-year-old Fagamalama Pasene and 19-year-old Zion Young were soon arrested and charged with murder and attempted robbery.
Dion Lim discovered Young, the supposed gunman was out after being arrested on weapons charges in December 2019 and then again in February 2020. Just two months before Kelvin Chew was murdered.
Kelvin Chew was shot and killed near his home in Portola on May 7, around 8:02 pm. He died at the scene. โKelvin was just finishing a class on Zoom and just wanted to get some fresh air,โ stated community organizer Sarah Wan. โHe didnโt come back,โ she continued.
Chew was the son of a working-class first-generation Chinese immigrant family. He was about to attend City College of San Francisco after graduating from Balboa High School and wanted to study computer science and engineering at UC Santa Cruz in the fall, 2020.
After so many minutes, Chewโs mother began to worry her son didnโt return from his walk. She walked outside and saw an active crime scene with police surrounding the area several minutes away from her home.
โShe felt like her dream has been shattered,โ said Wan. All her sacrifices, her hopes, and dreams for a better life for her son and to make it in America have been destroyed. America is no longer a land of opportunity, but a land of high-crime and shattered dreams, aka โWoketopia.โ
There was a period of time where 1st-degree murder charges were to be dropped for Pasene but the Chews insisted they be re-instated and a judge did.
The Chew family just wants justice & less hate. As immigrants from China, they worked tirelessly to build a life in San Francisco.
โWe contribute to this country we should be respected. We need the country to know we are here & we are helping this countryโฆ be beautifulโ.
Now Kelvinโs mother is worried charges will be dropped for the two suspects who ruthlessly murdered her son for chump change. District Attorney Chesa Boudinโs office has shown a track record for criminal leniency and that worries the Chews.
Feature Images via Dion Lim & SF Examiner