The father of two students who survived the shooting in Parkland, Florida, was shot dead this week during a store robbery.

Ayub Ali, the owner of Aunt Molly's food store convenience store in North Lauderdale, was killed in a burglary became violent Tuesday afternoon

Ali, 61, was the backer of his family and father of four children. , including two who attended Marjory Stoneman's Douglas High School, the site of a February mass shot that killed 17 people.

"It tears me that it happened," said friend Joaquin Nieves at CBS Miami. "I hope someone who has seen something will call the cops, I mean stop the violence."

Ali, who had settled in South Florida after leaving Bangladesh, had encouraged his daughter to advocate for control changes. his brother survived the Valentine's Massacre at their high school.

Elama Ali, age 16, told CNN that her father had encouraged her to go to Washington, DC, for "March for Our Lives" to lobby for gun law changes. "

" When I was in Washington, he spoke to me about it he watched it on television, "she told CNN," We're trying to be strong, but it's overwhelming. "

Broward County MPs say that Ali was working behind the cash register when a man entered the store with a gun and demanded money.He left with the money, he returned to shoot and to kill Ali, the authorities said.

This detail is what leaves his family to wonder why this happened.

"If you came looking for money, take the argen And go, "said Farah's wife, Farhana, to Farah. "Why did you have to kill my husband?"

The Broward County Sheriff's Office asked the public for help in identifying the man who they thought was taken from images of surveillance who stole the store.

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