“He came up to me and said, ‘Hey, I just saw your face on the poster, and to come out and support a fellow Asian,’” Dang recounted. “He really felt we didn’t support our own in Dallas enough, and he wanted to change that.”
Dang said he saw Shin on the day he was killed, and noted he seemed “very positive about the future.”
“He was just starting to see the impact — that Korean culture is making waves in America and right here in Dallas. And he was very proud of it, because he had been working on it for a long time,” Dang added.
A GoFundMe account to cover Shin’s funeral expenses and his family’s legal fees has raised more than $84,000. Leftover funds will go to his daughter, the fundraiser said.
“We must carry on Jin’s legacy of extending a helping hand to those in need,” his family wrote. “He truly believed that even the smallest gesture or act of kindness can have a huge impact on someone’s life. … Although we will miss him dearly, we must remember to live life to the fullest for Jin.”
