Bensenville, Ill. — On Sunday, January 19, Hussein Saghir, 36, was shot to death by two robbers in front of his brothers mini mart Sam’s Tobacco and Food Mart, which faced its second robbery in under three months.

Police released surveillance video Monday hoping to solve the murder of Saghir, who was a clerk at the smoke shop.  

The video is disturbing and gives an idea of the last few minutes of Saghir’s life. It shows him leaving Sam’s Tobacco and Food Mart with his brother at about 6 p.m. that evening. The camera caught two men lurking outside waiting for them to open the door.

“They were confronted by two subjects try to force their way in when one fired a shot,” said Bensenville Police Chief Frank Kosman.

The video does not show the fatal shot, but one that missed both men, who continued to fight for their lives. Kosman won’t say if robbery was the motive.

Friends of the family say that the surveillance cameras were put in after a robbery at the store in November, where three men took cash from a different clerk. No one was ever arrested in that case.

When police arrived Sunday night, Saghir was dying outside the store. His brother was not hurt. The two suspects, light complected black men in their late teens or early twenties, ran away.

This is the first murder in the small town in Bensenville in over 10 years. 

In a Facebook message, a brother-in-law of Saghir describes his characteristics and pleads for anyone with information about his murder to come forward to police. 

“Hussein was the sweetest and nicest man that never harmed anyone or anything. Please if anyone knows anything report it to the police. I want these guys caught. What luck, out of all the days this happened on my sister’s birthday. We were waiting for him to eat dinner with us and we got the worst call you can get,  it was just horrible.” 

Anyone with information is asked to call Bensenville Police at 630-350-3455.