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When Chia Youyee Vang heard about Sunday night’s horrific shooting in Fresno, she pictured her brothers.

The authorities said gunmen sneaked into a backyard in the city’s southeastern section and opened fire on a group of friends and family members gathered there. Four men, including the well-known singer Xy Lee, were killed. They were all members of Fresno’s Hmong community. Six others were injured.

“They get together to watch Sunday Night Football, too,” said Professor Vang, the director of the Hmong Diaspora Studies Program and a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “It was so tragic because it was part of a normal routine in life — you’re not hiding in the jungle, you’re not in a war zone.”

On Monday, Hmong leaders in Fresno told my colleagues that they were preparing to mark the new year.

“We are supposed to be celebrating,” said Blong Xiong, a former City Council member.