Police: Man arrested in connection with deadly Concord shooting

CONCORD, N.C. — Albemarle police caught the man wanted for a deadly shooting outside a Concord factory.

Police have not released many details on how Chong Vue Lo was arrested, but plan to do so later Wednesday.

Police called Vue Lo armed and dangerous after they said he shot and killed Pao Yang in Concord and then took off Tuesday morning.

Concord police said around 5 a.m., Vue Lo went to his wife's workplace -- Cabarrus Plastics Incorporated -- and shot and killed Yang, her co-worker, in the parking lot.

A 911 call reveals there was a witness to the shooting. 

"I've got a guy in a car out here with broken glass all around the driver's side.  He's bleeding and might have been shot," the caller said.

"Alright, is he still alive?" the dispatcher asked.

"I can't tell. He's not moving. He's not responding," the caller said.

"It was a silver van? Was it a minivan or a full size van?" the dispatcher asked.

"Minivan," the caller said.

Channel 9 was told Yang was an excellent worker and had just arrived to start his shift.

Police said the shooting was the result of an ongoing domestic dispute, but they would not elaborate.

Neighbor Jerrie Palmer was stunned to learn Lo is wanted in connection with the shooting.

“They are quiet,” he said. “Not anything going on at the house.”

The shooting happened next to Ron Perkins’ auto shop.

“It floors me, it really does,” Perkins said.

He said he knows a lot of the workers next door and said he's concerned the shooter has not been caught.

“The thought that somebody like that is out there -- they need to catch him,” Perkins said.

The company provided grief counselors for workers after the incident.

Investigators released a description of the vehicle they think Vue Lo was driving:  A champagne-colored 2006 Kia minivan with North Carolina license plate XSM-6589.

Channel 9 went by Yang's house Tuesday evening. His wife asked not to shoot video of her or their six children. About a dozen people were gathered on the porch. Many were crying. The phone kept ringing in the background.

One neighbor, Jackie Milem, who knew Yang for decades, called him a "fine man" and an "awesome neighbor." She added he was someone who "worked for everything he had," and leaves behind a very supportive Laotian community.

She said, "Anything they do ... it's just big. It's their culture. If you got one, you got the other and they're always together. It's the best kind of family you can ask for."

Another called Yang the "greatest dad" and grabbed her face when she heard what happened. She said it "makes me sick," and that "it's terrible."

Meanwhile, another county away, in Albemarle, Channel 9 was with stunned neighbors as officers brought Lo's children home.  A neighbor, Jerrie Palmer, said, "This is a surprise to me. They are quiet. They have never caused problems whatsoever."

WSOC