Nearly three decades ago, 30-year-old Phoutune “Taun” Lothirath was killed on Halloween by a gunman posing as a trick-or-treater in Escondido, and detectives are still searching for answers.
On Wednesday, investigators asked for the public’s continued help in finding the killer who fatally shot Lothirath on Oct. 31, 1995, at a home on Upas Street, just east of Interstate 15, Escondido police said in a news release.
Phoutone “Taun” Lothirath.
(Courtesy of the Escondido Police Department)
The trick-or-treater — wearing a bandanna partially covering his face — knocked on Lothirath’s door, and the man’s 10-year-old son answered, police said.
As the child turned around to get candy from the table to hand out, the gunman entered the home. He ordered the boy to the back of the house.
The gunman then shot the boy’s father, police said.
Investigators said one gun was used to shoot Lothirath, and then another — possibly fired by a second shooter — was fired into the home through an outside window.
The gunman fled and was seen by a witness running to a nearby alley to jump into a dark blue or black import vehicle, similar to a Toyota, and driving away, police said.
Police believe the gunman could have been known to Lothirath.
Investigators asked anyone with information about the shooting to call the Escondido homicide unit at (760) 839-4974 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477.
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