Ahmed Shahit, a 55-year-old man of Yemeni descent, was shot and killed on March 31, 2014, while working as a store clerk at the Best Bet Food Mart on Raleigh Road in Henderson, North Carolina. Two men entered the store at approximately 10:30 p.m. and demanded money; Shahit was shot during the robbery and pronounced dead at the scene. He had lived in a nearby duplex, walked to work each day, and had been employed at the store for three years. Shahit had moved to the United States from Yemen, leaving a wife and children behind.

Investigators arrested three suspects: Dontrell Jaquan Hargrove, 22, charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and accessory after the fact to first-degree murder; Marvin Hargrove Jr., 25, charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and second-degree kidnapping; and Daiquan Jameek Waddell, 18, charged with first-degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and second-degree kidnapping, with additional charges connected to three other robberies. The investigation involved the Henderson Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigation. Anyone with information is asked to come forward.