Hassan Alawsi, an Iraqi-American Muslim, was killed on March 16, 2014, in Sacramento, California. He was loading the trunk of his car in a Home Depot parking lot on Florin Road when Jeffrey Caylor approached and shot him; Alawsi died at the scene.

Investigators quickly arrested Caylor. Records in the case note a prior attempted murder conviction from 1992 for which Caylor served ten years. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department found evidence suggesting animosity toward the Muslim community and considered a hate crime enhancement, but prosecutors concluded there was insufficient evidence to charge Caylor with a hate crime. At trial Caylor was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. The jury foreperson, Kim Poppin, later said the jurors believed the crime was motivated by hate. The Council on American-Islamic Relations assisted Alawsi’s family, who were represented by CAIR; his siblings were living in France at the time.

What information do readers from Sacramento or anyone who knew Hassan’s movements that day have that could shed more light on this attack?