A California employee was deliberately run over a number of occasions by at the least three suspects who allegedly stole $10 value of face masks from his brother’s retailer — 4 years after his different brother was crushed to dying.
Kourosh “Steve” Yaghoubi was working on the family-owned Large Low cost Retailer in South El Monte, Calif. when he confronted a person he believed was stealing from the shop on Wednesday.
The unidentified shopper went into the shop simply after 12 p.m. and requested Yaghoubi a few field of masks, ABC Los Angeles reported.
The alleged shoplifter walked out of the shop with out paying for the masks.
Yaghoubi and his brother, Jamshid “Jim” Yaghoubi, adopted the alleged petty thief exterior the shop on Durfee Avenue Drive.
A bodily altercation broke out between the brothers and the person within the parking zone of the shop, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division mentioned.
Two extra people, who had been sitting inside a dark-colored sedan, joined the brawl earlier than the three suspects ran again to the automotive.
“Doors open, two other guys exit the car, and one of them punches my brother in the head, he holds his head and he goes down,” Jim Yaghoubi advised the outlet.
The thieves hopped again within the automotive and “deliberately” reversed into the helpless Yaghoubi.
Yaghoubi’s physique was tossed round as each the front and back tires rolled over him. The suspects then put the automotive into drive and once more ran over Yaghoubi’s physique.
Sheriff’s deputies had been known as to the shop for a hit-and-run however couldn’t monitor the sedan, saying it fled in an unknown path.
The older Yaghoubi’s fingers had been stained together with his brother’s blood, as he tried to maintain him respiratory till assist arrived.
Two of Yaghoubi’s family had been restrained by a sheriff’s deputy after they tried to get to their beloved one’s physique, in line with video captured by Fox 11 Los Angeles.
First responders found Yaghoubi affected by blunt power trauma.
He was declared useless on the scene, police mentioned.
Yaghoubi was remembered as a neighborhood man who helped folks and was “a real nice guy.”
“If somebody asked to give him something, he would give it to them, but he didn’t like people stealing,” Yaghoubi’s different brother John Yaghoubi mentioned.
John Yaghoubi says he moved to the US 45 years in the past, bringing his six brothers and one sister individually to the nation.
“This is my second brother who died,” Jim Yaghoubi mentioned.
Rahmatolah “Davey” Yaghoubi was crushed to dying exterior his Anaheim residence on Might 31, 2021 in an unprovoked assault.
David Steven Abbott, a suspected White supremacist who had been launched from jail with a lethal weapon, attacked Yaghoubi who was gardening in his yard on the time, Fox 11 reported.
RahmatolahYaghoubi was transported to an area hospital, the place he later died from his accidents.
Abbott was charged with homicide within the case.
The Yaghoubi’s mom had a troublesome time getting over the lack of her son Davey, and Jim Yaghoubi is petrified of telling her about Steve’s homicide.
“I’m afraid to tell her. I don’t know what to tell her. I was with her all night last night and her eyes were puffy from crying for the first one,” he mentioned.
Police haven’t named any suspects in Wednesday’s murder
