Read this wonderful article about Azim Khamisa posted on People.com in collaboration with Story Corps. Azim was our keynote speaker at 2019 Community Forum titled: “Gun Violence. Insights From Both Ends of the Gun”. He was joined by Ples Felix You will meet both in this story.
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Trying to deliver pizza in San Diego one Saturday evening in January 1995, college sophomore Tariq Khamisa searched for a customer’s home. Unaware that he had been given a bogus address, he knocked on several doors before finally giving up.
As the San Diego State University student began to leave, a group of four teenage gang members, who did not know Tariq, attempted to rob him, according to his 75-year-old father, Azim Khamisa. He resisted, and 14-year-old Tony Hicks shot and killed him.