Event: A tribute night for Lisa Nguyen

Feb. 8, 2011, 2:46 p.m.

Photo: Lisa Nguyen. Credit: Shane Redsar. Friends and family of woman killed last month in Harbor City are holding an event Tuesday night to raise money for a scholarship established in her name.

Lisa Nguyen, 27, and her mother, Bich Truong, 56, were found dead in their home Jan. 9 of apparent strangulation. Authorities said Back Xuan Nguyen, 60, killed his daughter and wife before committing suicide by jumping off a building.

Nguyen was a well-known graphic artist in Los Angeles who graduated from Cal State Long Beach.

"Decades: A Tribute Night for Lisa Nguyen" will be held at the Akbar Bar in Silver Lake at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, with DJ Mike Fix playing music. Donations will be accepted at the door with proceeds going to the Lisa Nguyen Memorial Scholarship.

This is the third event held in Nguyen's name. On Sunday, friends hosted a tribute art show at the Werby Gallery at her alma mater.

On a Facebook page with details about the previous event, one friend described Nguyen as "unstoppable, sparkling, vivacious, and very dear friend we were all so lucky to have."

-- Sarah Ardalani

Photo: Lisa Nguyen. Credit: Shane Redsar

Four reader comments

This is about my cousin Gregory Alexis who was shot, December 2007 in Gardena, and died of his injuries April 2010. Greg was a good guy. He was not a gang banger. Had never been to jail. He loved being around family. Never caused trouble. On the day he was shot he went to the ATM to get money to buy something to eat (They most likely followed him). He was robbed and shot at the Rib Nest. Why did they have to shoot him? Forgot to mention he was 5'6 and probably weighted 150lbs soaking wet. He was not armed. His mother is still taking his death hard. She had him when she was 15 or 16 years old so they grew-up together. She cant listen to Frankie Beverly and Maze because they were one of his favorite groups. The cowards that killed my cousin destroyed my family. And when, not if, they are caught they will destroy their families also. I live near Oakland so I would drive to LA to see him when he was in the hospital. It was heart-breaking. This is the most I have talked about his death. People we need to stop.

— cchappell Feb. 10, 2011 at 12:07 a.m.

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Event: A tribute night for Lisa Nguyen

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