Ujjval Rocky Patel, 33, was killed on April 22, 2016, while working as a clerk at Jiffy Food Store, 2425 NW Blitchton Road in Ocala, Florida. Surveillance footage shows an assailant enter the store about 10 a.m., jump over the counter and confront Patel; during a struggle the gunman shot Patel in the head and he died at the scene.

The Ocala Police Department identified 19-year-old Keon’dre Demerio Duncan as the primary suspect within a week. Duncan was arrested during a traffic stop at Paddock Mall on January 20, 2017, and charged with first-degree murder with a firearm. Prosecutors later said Duncan planned the robbery and confessed to a friend; the defense maintained he was not at the store and that the state had accused the wrong person. The jury returned a guilty verdict at trial that began in September 2019.

Patel’s family and customers described him as well liked and central to the family; his death affected the local community deeply. If anyone knew Ujjval, worked at that Jiffy Food Store, or has information about the robbery, please share what is known.