Hesham Kamel, a 52-year-old Egyptian immigrant and retired military officer who served 33 years, was fatally shot on August 3, 2017, in Cleveland, Ohio. Kamel had moved his family to the Cleveland area in 2012 for a safer environment and better schooling for his children. He traveled from Lake County to Cleveland that day to meet people he had been communicating with on an online marketplace to trade his car; the meeting turned violent and he was shot twice, sustaining perforating wounds to the chest and to his hand.

A resident of Macomb Avenue who witnessed part of the incident called for help; Kamel was taken to MetroHealth Hospital and later died. His wife, Nahla Assad, received a phone call from him after he was shot. Police later recovered his abandoned car and forensic testing found the DNA of multiple individuals. Several suspects were arrested and charged, including Dimitrius Macklin and codefendants Richard Lee Glass, Jr., Michael Butler, and Prophet Beverly, on counts that included aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, felonious assault, and weapons offenses.

The family has urged anyone with information to contact the Cleveland Police Department or Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County. If anyone knew Hesham or saw activity around Macomb Avenue on August 3, 2017, please come forward with what was seen or heard.