A 52-year-old Egyptian immigrant to the US, Hesham Kamel, was reportedly shot dead in Willoughby Hills, Ohio, Thursday night during an internet car sale that turned into a robbery, cleveland.com reported.<\/p>\n
Kamel put his car up for sale on a well-known application called OfferUp, according to the website.<\/p>\n
He was shot in his chest before being transferred to a hospital where he died, the website quoted the police as saying.<\/p>\n
According to eyewitnesses, there was an audible quarrel followed by gunshots.<\/p>\n
One of the perpetrators shot him twice and took his car and the other three took his wallet and escaped.<\/p>\n
The car was found later, one mile away from the scene of the crime. No suspects have been arrested.<\/p>\n
Kamel called his 20-year-old son and 22-year-old daughter, Elaria Kamel, as paramedics rushed him to Metro Health. He died before they could meet him at the hospital, Elaria told cleveland.com.<\/p>\n
Kamel and his family moved to Willoughby Hills after the January 25 revolution in Egypt, Elaria said.<\/p>\n
According to the website, Kamel couldn\u2019t speak English, so he began trading TVs, vehicles and other items to make extra cash.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a thing that he could do with little English. He was trying to be active instead of sitting (around),\u201d Elaria said.<\/p>\n
Elaria said her father didn\u2019t deserve this end, as he wasn\u2019t the type of man who would not harm anyone he met.<\/p>\n
Nabila Makram, minister of the State for Migration and Egyptian Expatriates, contacted the Egyptian Consul General in New York Ahmed Farouk about the incident.<\/p>\n
Farouk in turn contacted Ohio police who confirmed that Kamel was shot dead while resisting an attempt to steal his car in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/p>\n
Farouk quoted an eyewitness to the incident as saying that Kamel died four hours after he arrived to hospital.<\/p>\n
The consulate is following up on the investigations, he said, adding that the police are currently checking surveillance cameras of shops near the crime scene and talking to eyewitnesses.<\/p>\n
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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