The Wood County Grand Jury on Wednesday returned indictments against Xiaosong Wang for the murder of two men and attempted murder of a third man, according to Wood County Prosecuting Attorney Paul Dobson
Wang was indicted for the deaths of 40-year-old Bing Luan Lin and 36-year-old Zhichun Huang and the wounding of 44-year-old Renshuang Qiu in the early morning hours of Sunday, Sept. 17. The incident occurred in a home on Monroe Court in Bowling Green.
Lin and Huang were two owners of the Bowling Green restaurant Ninja Hibachi Sushi Steak House and Qiu and Wang were employees there. It is alleged that a dispute arose at the residence where several employees of the restaurant lived, which turned deadly. It is alleged that Wang fired on the three others with a .45 caliber handgun, killing the two victims and wounding the third.
Wang was charged with two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder, three counts of felonious assault, and two counts of possessing criminal tools.
Aggravated murder carries a maximum penalty of life in prison without the possibility of parole, although it can also carry a life prison term with parole possibilities after a specified number of years. Murder charges carry a penalty of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 15 years. Attempted murder charges are first degree felonies carrying a maximum 11-year prison sentence each. Felonious assault charges carry a maximum sentence of eight years in prison. The possession of criminal tools charges each carry a maximum penalty of 18 months in prison.
The specification that Wang used a firearm, only one of which he could be sentenced on, would add a mandatory three years to any other sentence he would serve. Should Wang be convicted of all charges, the aggravated murder charges would merge with the murder charges and he would be sentenced only on the aggravated murder charges. This would also happen with the attempted murder and felonious assault charges, with Wang being sentenced on the higher felonies.
“Our hearts go out to the families of these men who were killed and wounded in this tragic incident,” Dobson said. “And we are grateful for the quick response and work of the Bowling Green Police Department, which may well have prevented an even greater tragedy. We will continue to work with our other law enforcement partners and the witnesses who have heroically stepped forward to ensure that justice is done here.”
Wang is currently in custody at the Wood County Jail, being held on a $2 million bond and a federal detainer from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. His case has been assigned to Wood County Common Pleas Judge Joel Kuhlman and his arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 28.
