Sukhjit “Sammy” Khajala, 50, an Indian immigrant man, was working behind the counter as the cashier at the Around the Clock Minimart in Mill Basin, Brooklyn, on February 8, 2003, when a gunman stepped inside and turned an ordinary shift into a sudden, irreversible tragedy. The store was the kind of place built on routine—quick purchases, small talk, the steady rhythm of a neighborhood’s day—but that afternoon the routine was shattered in seconds. Khajala was shot in the face during a r
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