▁Co al ition ▁for ▁Community ▁Rel ations ▁in ▁St . ▁Paul , ▁Minnesota . ▁ ▁Ev idence ▁and ▁motiv ation ▁ ▁Mark ▁W ite ck , ▁who ▁performed ▁the ▁aut ops y ▁on ▁Cha ▁V ang , ▁test ified ▁that ▁V ang ▁was ▁shot ▁from ▁about ▁ 5 0 ▁feet ▁away ▁by ▁a ▁shot gun , ▁and ▁st ab bed ▁six ▁times ▁in ▁his ▁face ▁and ▁neck . ▁ ▁Att ention ▁to ▁possible ▁ra cial ▁mot ives ▁has ▁been ▁brought ▁due ▁to ▁some ▁of ▁Nich ol ' s ▁own ▁statements . ▁Nich ols ▁has ▁been ▁quoted ▁on ▁record ▁saying ▁H m ong ▁people ▁are ▁bad , ▁mean ▁and ▁" kill ▁everything ▁and ▁that ▁they ▁go ▁for ▁anything ▁that ▁moves ." ▁Nich ols ' ▁employ er ▁has ▁test ified ▁that ▁two ▁months ▁before ▁the ▁killing , ▁Nich ols ▁mentioned ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁have ▁killed ▁a ▁H m ong ▁h unter ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁woods ▁if ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁carrying ▁a ▁shot gun ▁rather ▁than ▁an ▁air - rif le . ▁ ▁Effect s ▁of ▁the ▁killing ▁ ▁Re ports ▁of ▁ra cial ▁t ension ▁in ▁the ▁for ests ▁of ▁Wisconsin ▁during ▁hunting ▁seasons ▁had ▁been ▁reported ▁since ▁Ch ai ▁Sou a ▁V ang ▁( no ▁relation ), ▁a ▁H m ong ▁h unter , ▁was ▁conv icted ▁of ▁killing ▁six ▁C au cas ian ▁hun ters ▁two ▁years ▁before ▁Cha ▁V ang ' s ▁murder . ▁ ▁Besides ▁the ▁immediate ▁effects ▁felt ▁by ▁family ▁and ▁friends ▁at ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Cha