HAMTRAMCK, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – A family is mourning the loss of a rochester hills man who died in a home invasion last week.
Two suspects have been taken into custody. Law enforcement officials say the men dressed as DTE employees to gain access to the home.
Hussein Murray, 72, is said to have a heart of gold, an apt description for the longtime jewelry store owner.
“He was generous, he would give you anything you asked for. And for them to just come and take his life was not right. It was not right at all,” said Zaher Murray, the victim’s cousin. .
Zaher Murray opened his own jewelry store down the street from Hussein Murray’s store in Hamtramck. He said his cousin loved people and brought them together.
“Every Sunday Sam has a gathering at his house, he has a feast,” Zaher said. ‘He just loves gatherings. Now that’s over. How can you gather without him? It will be devastating for everyone. They can’t get away from this, they can’t.’
He said police told him Hussein Murray had been beaten to death by two men who entered his home in Rochester Hillsposing as DTE employees.
“I keep thinking, we keep imagining what happened, what he went through. What was he thinking? Did he feel something? It just keeps echoing in our heads,” Zaher Murray said.
He said his family wants to see justice and those responsible for Murray’s death punished.
