On the evening of February 8, 2018, gas station owner Sukhjinder Singh was shot and killed inside his Citgo store in Jackson, Mississippi. Surveillance footage from multiple angles shows a man later identified as Hector Almedares Alvarado enter the store, follow Singh behind the counter and wrest the owner’s gun away before shooting him. A Citgo employee, Jeremy Woods, exchanged gunfire with the suspect during the incident.

Alvarado initially gave investigators conflicting accounts about what happened, at one point saying Singh was already shot when he entered and at another saying he took the gun to defend himself; after the surveillance footage was reviewed he admitted taking Singh’s gun and shooting him. Alvarado was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in Singh’s death and attempted first-degree murder for the shooting of Woods. The Jackson community and anyone with information about the case are asked to come forward if they knew Singh or observed anything that night.