Lea Mek (1974/1975 – December 3, 1993) was a Cambodian refugee living in the United States who was a member of the Asian Boyz street gang.

[2] On Friday, December 3, 1993, 18-year-old Lea Mek, nicknamed "Kicker", went to a pool hall located in a working-class area in the San Gabriel Valley, in El Monte, California.

Mek carried a .45 caliber pistol with him on the night of the shooting and he had a history of weapons and violence.

He allegedly walked around and flashed his pistol on multiple occasions in an effort to intimidate the rival gangsters.

Mek turned his back momentarily and was then wrestled to the floor by Wah Ching gang member, 19-year-old Chieu Luong Yang (Chinese: 楊丘龍; pinyin: Yáng Qiūlóng), nicknamed "China Dog".

One Asian Boyz gangster tried to fire at the Wah Ching with a pistol resting on a pool table, but the gun jammed.

Yang peered into the pool hall and opened fire at Asian Boyz gang members with the gun he had stolen from Mek.

The hall still smelt of gunpowder and it was silent inside, with people still cowering behind pool tables in shock over the shooting.