Hae Soon "June" Lim | Memorial at Grace Deli, 701 H Street NE "You Will Be Missed"

This large and moving memorial to Hae Soon "June" Lim has been erected by friends, family, customers, and other grieving members of the H Street NE community, who loved her well. May her memory be for a blessing.

From a DC police report: On Thursday, June 14, 2012, at approximately 6:15 am, a First District officer was flagged down by a citizen who notified him of an unconscious person in the 700 block of H Street, NE.  The officer located an adult female inside a business establishment, identified as Hae Soon Lim, 64, suffering from what was later determined to be a gunshot wound.  DC Fire and EMS responded and did not find any signs consistent with life.  She was pronounced dead by a member of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office.

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From HomicideWatch: A well-liked H Street Northeast deli owner was shot in the neck and killed during an apparent robbery inside her shop early Thursday morning, June 14, 2012, according to D.C. police.  Hae Soon Lim, 64, whom her customers knew as “June,” was found dead inside Grace Deli at around 6:30 a.m. by another employee arriving for work, Metropolitan Police Department homicide detective Lt. Robert Alder said.“We don’t know if somebody followed her in or came in after she was inside the establishment,” Lt. Alder said of the potential robbery, adding that there were no signs of forced entry to the store.