On December 5, 1995, 25-year-old Tariq Hussain, a Pakistani man who ran the Five Star Food Store in Lakewood Park, Florida, was killed during an attempted robbery of the family convenience store. The robbery involved Lanadieal Ashe, then 17, and accomplices Ricardo Henchell, 22, and Tyrone Cox, 13. He was found dead behind the store counter, shot in the neck with the bullet stopping behind his heart.

Arrests followed quickly. Ashe was taken into custody within hours and later confessed to causing Hussain’s death, saying the shooting was accidental and in self-defense. Henchell and Cox were also arrested; Henchell received a life sentence and Cox was released from prison in 2012 and remained under supervision until 2022. Ashe was originally sentenced to life without parole; after U.S. Supreme Court rulings on juvenile mandatory life sentences, her case was revisited and she was resentenced to 40 years in 2018.

Aslam Ozzie Hussain, Tariq’s brother, attended resentencing hearings, underscoring the family’s enduring loss.