 The book "Death on the Fourth of July" by David Neiwert documents a racially charged killing which took place in Ocean Shores on July 4, 2000.A group of young Asian-American men who were visiting Ocean Shores spent that July 4 weekend there when they were attacked by a group of white men.One of the Asians, Minh Duc Hong, fatally stabbed Chris Kinison, who was from the Ocean Shores area.