7-Eleven employee shot and killed during attempted robbery
DALLAS - Dallas Police are investigating the deadly shooting of a 7-Eleven employee on Monday morning.
54-year-old Nathaniel Ogbolu was shot and killed just after 6 a.m. while working at the 7-Eleven on North Hampton Road, not far from Sunset High School in North Oak Cliff.
Investigators say that an unknown person entered the store and pointed a gun at Ogbolu, demanding money from the register. Before he was able to open the register, the suspect fired several times, hitting Ogbolu.
The suspect also shot at a witness but missed.
The person ran out of the store and at this time has not been found by police.
Ogbolu was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Karen Simmons frequented the store. She says "Natty" went out of his way to make customers feel welcome.
"He knew your name the second time he ever met you," she said.
Simmons says a co-worker of hers was there at the store when Ogbolu was murdered.
"That’s his neighborhood stop to get his breakfast in the morning," she said. "He actually was upon the scene before police arrived. Unfortunately, he actually saw it live."
Bob Shields who lives nearby also frequents the store.
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The incident at the 7-Eleven started after a clerk refused to sell cigars to an underaged suspects, according to police.
"About 9 o’clock, I came down and there were cop cars all over the place in the parking lot. Blocked off," he said.
Just a block east of the 7-Eleven is a high school, and one block west is a church.
The killing angers those in the neighborhood.
"People working hard, and it’s not right people trying to get easy money," said customer Anselmo Camacho.
"Just can’t do crap anymore," he said. "Comes to work in the morning. Doesn’t come home at night."
Police have said little about the killer they're looking for, only releasing a vague description saying it was a male.
Security camera video has not been released.
Dallas Police are asking anyone with information to give them a call.