NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A business owner was shot and killed during a robbery Tuesday in North Lauderdale.
Joy Oglesby, a spokeswoman for the Broward Sheriff's Office, said a gunman entered Aunt Molly's Food Store in the 1600 block of State Road 7 about 12:30 p.m.
The gunman robbed Ayub Ali, 61, and then shot him, Oglesby said.
Paramedics rushed Ali to Broward Health Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.
"We are very good friends. We have been hanging for the past 20 years. He has a good family," Ali's friend, Jewel Ahmed, said.
Ahmed said he was shocked to hear that his long-time friend, who worked hard to provide for his wife and children, had been killed in the middle of the day.
"He has four children. I know all of them. They go to school with my children, too," Ahmed said. "It is very sad we lost our good friend."
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Homicide Detective James Hayes at 954-321-4231 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.