7-Eleven clerk in Kansas City shot dead during last day on the job

BY Maria Fugate
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Friday, March 19th 2010, 1:02 PM

The conscientious convenience store worker followed the script — but the heartless armed thug didn't.

A Kansas City 7-Eleven clerk working his final shift was fatally shot by a robber on what was his last shift working for the store, according to The Associated Press, and police have no idea why.

Gurpreet Singh, 35, handed over the cash in a bag — and the gunman fired a shot into his abdomen Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.

"He didn't put up a struggle at all," homicide Detective Jeff Cowdrey said. "He did what he was supposed to do and got shot for it."

The mortally wounded Singh called 911 about 1:10 a.m. annd was rushed to a hospital, where he later died during surgery, The Associated Press reported.

The a divorced father of two from India was to start his new job as a hospital kitchen supervisor next week. His brother, Gurbhushan Singh, said he was proud about his new position.

Gurbhushan Singh had the sad task of telling his brother's kids, 7 and 9, that their dad wouldn't be coming home.

Video surveillance cameras recorded the senseless crime, and Kansas City police are trying to identify the killer as well as a man and a woman who were with him, The Associated Press reported

Gurbhushan Singh said his brother could have skipped his final 7-Eleven shifts — where he'd already been robbed a month earlier — but went in because he'd promised to be there.

From: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2010/03/19/2010-03-19_kansas_city_7eleven_clerk_gunned_down_by_robber_on_last_day_at_work.html