What we know about the woman arrested in the deadly Taikoo Shing shooting

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The shooting suspect, Ada Tsim Sum-kit, was intercepted at Cityplaza Four shopping centre in Tai Koo.

On Tuesday, a fatal shooting took place in Quarry Bay Park, Taikoo Shing at around 3pm. According to the Hong Kong Police, the suspect and her victims are all related, and the incident was rooted in a family dispute over inheritance. As of Wednesday afternoon, two of the four victims have died of their wounds. The other two remains in hospital.

A woman, the suspect in this tragic event, was arrested, and a handgun was siezed in connection with the crime.

Here are some things we know about the suspect:

1. The suspect, 44-year-old Ada Tsim Sum-kit, who is in police custody, claims to be Hong Kong’s first overseas-trained female bodyguard, and a member of the International Bodyguard Association

2. According to Hui Hong-kit, Chief Inspector of the Hong Kong Island Regional Crime Unit Two, initial investigation shows Tsim has no history of mental illness.

3. According to the South China Morning Post, Tsim ran a security company called BodyGuard01, and she is featured in photos and videos on the website. The same report says Tsim has worked as a bodyguard in mainland China. Also, according to a female bodyguard social media group, Tsim went to the Philippines earlier this year for shooting training with 11 colleagues.

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4. Local Chinese-language newspaper Apple Daily interviewed a woman who went by the name "Lee Sum-kit" last year, whom the newspaper now believes to be Tsim. In the interview, the interviewee claimed she had served as a bodyguard to tycoons and politicians.

5. In the same Apple Daily feature, the interviewee claimed that almost all bodyguards had a police or military background. 

The weapon used in the attack photographed at the scene.
Photo: Dickson Lee/SCMP

6. When officers went to search Tsim's home, they found two model guns, an air gun and some documents. 

7. Tsim's motive for the shooting appears to be a family dispute over how to divide the money from the sale of a flat left behind by her late grandmother, a sum worth HK$ 8 million (US$ 1 million). Her victims include her 80-year-old aunt and her 62-year-old uncle, both of whom died as a result of their head wounds. Her other two victims are her 72-year-old uncle and a 60-year-old aunt. Her uncle's condition remains serious, while her aunt is stable.

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8. Tsim has been descibed by those who've interacted with her or seen her in the past, including neighbours, as "weird". One of her neighbours, surnamed Tsand, on the 15th floor of Kin Ching House said he often bumped into Tsim at the lift lobby but would avoid her “because she seemed to be neurotic”.

9. Tsang recalls another incident in which he saw Tsim arguing intensely with the owner of a noodle shop in the neighbourhood, after she asked for something that was not on the menu. “She looked so intense and grumpy,” Tsang said, adding that the owner refused to serve her and kicked her out of the restaurant.

10. Tsim was frequently seen around Kin Ming Estate in Tseung Kwan O

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