A Florida mom and business owner was reportedly killed while trying to stop shoplifters at her beauty supply store, leaving behind two daughters and a husband just weeks before Christmas. Ilson Miriam Kim, 64, was trying to stop two thieves at her store, Beauty Max, in Jacksonville, Florida, in the evening on Dec. 6 before the shoplifters fatally ran her over with their vehicle.
Kim's husband said the store had already been experiencing a recurring shoplifting problem, but a neighboring business owner said that this time, the victim had finally had enough and decided to take action by chasing after the suspects, according to Action News JAX. 'She worked alongside her husband for much of her life, but Beauty Max was the first business she independently owned,' her family told the outlet in a statement, in part.