On Behalf of the Karen Community of Georgia, we share this media advisory and invitation:

Clarkston, GA—On Sunday, August 15 at 5:00 pm, members of the Karen Community of Georgia and others in the community will gather to walk in solidarity with the family of Pa Lee Klo who was tragically and senselessly murdered last Friday night. The walk will begin and end at the Clarkston International Bible Church, 3895 Church Street, Clarkston, GA 30021. The purpose of the walk is to show respect for the life of this young man, and to remind us that life-threatening violence is very real, and that members of our community must support and help each other to be safe.
Pa Lee Klo was walking on Jolly Avenue in Clarkston, from his home to a neighboring apartment complex to visit friends, when a car drove by and an unidentified person began shooting out the window at people in the street. He was almost immediately killed.

Pa Lee Klo was 20 years old, and arrived in the United States this past year as a legal refugee, having been forced out of his home country of Myanmar (Burma) because of that military dictatorship’s political and cultural persecution. He is survived by his mother, who still resides in a refugee camp in Thailand, and his brother and sister-in-law, with whom he came to the U.S.

This terrible murder is one in a series of violent incidents that have increasing plagued the residents of Clarkston-area apartment complexes.