Robber guns down US Sikh
Saturday, 13/08/2016
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/robber-guns-down-us-sikh/279958.html
New York : A 36-year-old Sikh man was shot dead by a masked gunman during an armed robbery at a convenience store in the US.
Amanjeet Singh Toor was killed early on Monday at the store in Arizona, where he worked.
The assailant then chased the other employees out of the store before returning to grab a bag, the police said.
The police, along with Toor’s family, are seeking the public’s help to find the attacker. The shooter has been described as wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, face mask and red gloves.
Toor had emigrated from India six years ago. His wife, Kamaldeep Kaur, recently joined him in Phoenix, said a report in AZCentral, an Arizona news site.
“He was a role model for most of us,” Toor’s cousin Micky Gill said yesterday at the Phoenix police headquarters.
Rana Singh Sodhi, a Sikh activist, spoke on behalf of Toor’s family, urging the community to come together to find the perpetrator.
“He handed over the money, but was still shot. It begs the question (of racism),” Sodhi said.
Sodhi’s brother was killed in a hate crime at Mesa just four days after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
