A man found dead inside a car early Wednesday morning, June 18, 2025 outside a restaurant in Burien has been identified as 35-year-old Minh-Thuong T. Ly, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Coroners said Ly died from multiple gunshot wounds in what investigators have classified as a homicide.
As we previously reported, Burien Police deputies from the King County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a shooting just before 2 a.m. on Wednesday, June 18, in front of the El Pique Restaurant, located at 14445 Ambaum Blvd SW.
Upon arrival, deputies discovered Ly deceased in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked outside the business.
As of Friday, no suspects had been publicly identified and no arrests had been made. The Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit is continuing to investigate the shooting.
Authorities have not said whether the shooting appeared targeted or random.
Everyone at The B-Town Blog/South King Media extends their deepest sympathies to all who knew and loved Ly.
