- Aaron Cheung, left, in an ad for his restaurant
Aaron Cheung, 27, was found dead in his car by a passerby at 3:20 a.m. on Dec. 12, according to police reports. He died of an apparent gunshot wound to the head.
Cheung was an early organizer and member of Youth First Texas and the Resource Center group men’s group Fuse. He was born in West Islip, N.Y., on Long Island. He graduated from North Myrtle Beach High School in South Carolina and then moved to Dallas with his family nine years ago. From the Dallas Police Department:
At about 3:20 a.m. on December 12, 2010, a passerby found Aaron Cheung, a 27-year-old male, dead in his parked car near his apartment home in the 8100 block of Skillman in northeast Dallas. He appeared to have a gunshot wound to the head. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office will determine the cause and manner of his death. Homicide detectives are actively working this case which is reported on service number 339510X. There are no identified witnesses in this case at this time and no other information available.
According to Chueng’s former roommate, he was shot outside his parents’ home in an apparent robbery. He had moved back in with his parents just a week earlier. Cheung owned the restaurant Bacon & Friends in Mesquite, which was still in its first year of operation.
From Chueng’s MySpace page:
I love to cook, dining out, sappy movies, romantic sillies… there’s more… I love cars! Just got my 5th car in the last 7 years (this one’s gotta stick for a while). I also enjoy midnight drives to nowhere, going to the mall and shopping for nothing, good friends and GREAT times. Started a weight loss thing…. be on it for about 3 months… lost about 35lbs so i guess that’s an intrest as well I’m also a memeber with FUSE, check it out! www.getyourfuseon.com
DPD homicide detectives are working the case. LGBT police liaison Laura Martin is also looking into the matter. We’ll provide more details as soon as they’re available.
Always so sad when a life is cut short. The worst part, two weeks before Christmas… God bless him and his family.
Aaron was such an awesome guy and a friend to all. What a shame to loose such a great guy.
Aaron was a great person and will be missed dearly by all! When I came to know him years ago in Youth First Texas I learned that he had one of the biggest hearts I’d ever known…we’ll always remember you Aaron!
Aaron you will greatly be missed! You were an awesome guy with a huge heart! May god bless your family in this very difficult time! I’m very happy we had a chance to catch up here recently! You always made me laugh ! I only have positive things to say about you because your a wonderful person !!! I hate your life had to end this way! I hope they catch who ever took your life alway! RIP good buddy!
I am lost for words, I went to school with Aaron at NMB High and he was a Great person.
God bless his family, my prayers go out to them…
Why do they publish it as “gay man” found murdered?
Completely unnecessary distinction. They can’t tell something like
that from finding a body. A man died in an unjust, tragic way.
That’s it. It doesn’t matter if he was gay or not. I hope that was
a detail the deceased was open about & that his family was
comfortable with, because otherwise, that tag adds insult to injury
for an already grieving family.
I knew Aaron… Still miss him terribly… Has anyone heard whether or not they actually found who killed him?? The last thing that I read was that the guy that used his ATM card was pulled in and charged with using a stolen debit card, but they didn’t believe that he was responsible for the killing…