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Man found guilty in ambush shooting of Durham restaurant owner
One of the five men charged with killing a Durham restaurant owner three years ago was convicted Tuesday on federal charges in the case.
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — One of the five men charged with killing a Durham restaurant owner three years ago was convicted Tuesday on federal charges in the case.
Hong Zheng had just returned home after closing China Wok on South Roxboro Street on April 15, 2018, when he was ambushed by men in the driveway of his home in the 4600 block of Carlton Crossing Drive.
Zheng was gunned down in his car, and his wife, Shirley Chan, was grazed by bullets. Still, she was able to return fire with a gun the family kept on hand to fend off robbery attempts.
Maurice Owen Wiley Jr., Hykeem Deshun Cox, Darryl Bradford, Semaj Maleek Bradley and Charles Winfor Daniels were charged federally with attempting to interfere with commerce by robbery and using a gun in a violent crime.
Wiley, 31, was the first of the five to be tried on the federal charges, and a jury found him guilty of both those charges, as well as a conspiracy count. He will be sentenced later.
Because of the federal prosecution, state charges related to the murder were dismissed.
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