VC Captain Nguyễn Văn Lém aka Bảy Lốp, was a member of the Viet Cong. He was summarily executed in Saigon during the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, when the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a massive surprise attack. Before being captured, Lém had allegedly murdered Lt. Col. Nguyen Tuan as well as Tuan's wife, six children, and his 80-year-old mother. Brigadier General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Chief of the Republic of Vietnam National Police executed Lém using his sidearm, a .38 Specia