SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX/KUCW) – A 37-year-old professional violinist who has lived in Utah for most of his life was taken into ICE custody while on a work trip to Colorado last week.

John Shin immigrated to Utah on a visa with his father from South Korea when he was a child, according to his attorney Adam Crayk.

He went to elementary school, high school and college in the Beehive State, graduating from Utah State University before going on to play on some of the biggest stages, including a stint with the Utah Symphony and Ballet West.

On Tuesday, Shin's wife, Danae Snow, an American citizen, told Nexstar's KTVX/KUCW that she got a heartbreaking phone call from him on her birthday, Wednesday, Aug. 20.

"That morning, he was texting me, 'Happy birthday, I love you so much,' and then by that

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