Rafiq Salim SammySoufan, known as Sammy, was a 47-year-old store owner in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. On March 8, 2011, he was found in the doorway of his business, Sammy’s Food Mart, having been shot six times in the abdomen; those wounds caused his death. He also had abrasions and lacerations on his face. An envelope with $367 in cash was found among his personal effects.

Police conducted a highly visible investigation that included checkpoints and stopped vehicles. Investigators said two or three people may have been involved and that the suspects might have been driving an older gray or black Toyota Camry or a Chevrolet Caprice with three hubcaps and one black steel rim. No arrests have been made. Two months later another nearby store owner, Abdul Karim Alwarrak, was also found shot to death three miles away; authorities have not produced concrete evidence linking the two killings.

Sammy was born in Jerusalem on January 22, 1964. He was the husband of Fatin and father to four daughters, Jeanine, Ayat, Haneen, and Nedaa. An educational fund was established for his daughters in his memory. Does anyone have information about Sammy, his customers, or vehicles seen near Sammy’s Food Mart around March 8, 2011?