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A Florida mother and enterprise proprietor was reportedly killed whereas making an attempt to cease shoplifters at her magnificence provide retailer, forsaking two daughters and a husband simply weeks earlier than Christmas.
Ilson Miriam Kim, 64, was making an attempt to cease two thieves at her retailer, Beauty Max, in Jacksonville, Florida, within the night on Dec. 6 earlier than the shoplifters fatally ran her over with their automobile.
“Two people entered into the enterprise, one of many people grabbed a number of gadgets and ran out of the shop with these gadgets,” Sgt. Steve Rudlaff of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office advised News 4 JAX. “A retailer worker adopted this particular person to her automotive which was prepared for this particular person.”
At least three suspects have been concerned – two entered the shop and one drove the getaway automotive, Rudlaff advised the outlet. One of the suspects received into the automotive with the gadgets stolen, whereas the third suspect left on foot.
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Kim was taken to the hospital after being hit by the automobile, however she succumbed to her accidents.
Kim’s husband mentioned the shop had already been experiencing a recurring shoplifting downside, however a neighboring enterprise proprietor mentioned that this time, the sufferer had lastly had sufficient and determined to take motion by chasing after the suspects, in accordance with Action News JAX.
“She labored alongside her husband for a lot of her life, however Beauty Max was the primary enterprise she independently owned,” her household advised the outlet in an announcement, partially. “We don’t know precisely why she determined to confront the shoplifters, however the retailer had skilled thefts within the latest previous.”
Someone even had the “audacity” to steal from the shop the day after Kim’s dying, her household added.
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Ilson Miriam Kim, 64, was making an attempt to cease two thieves at her retailer, Beauty Max, in Jacksonville, Florida, within the night on Dec. 6 earlier than the shoplifters fatally ran her over with their automobile. (Google Street View)
She immigrated to the United States from Uijeongbu, South Korea, in 1986 “in the hunt for higher alternatives,” in accordance with an internet obituary.
“Ilson was a proud mom, spouse, businesswoman, and retailer proprietor,” in accordance with a fundraising web page for her household. “She taught her daughters the facility of exhausting work, persistence, empathy and love; she exemplified these qualities with the grace and love she confirmed to others in her group every day.”
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“The Kims are a powerful, proud household and Ilson was a real matriarch who they need to now discover ways to navigate life with out.”
The investigation continues to be ongoing, and no arrests have been made.
