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No Arrest For Businessman Slain In Store
posted (April 24, 2018)
And there have been no arrests made yet in the murder of businessman Oscar Rosado, Sr. But 7News has learnt that police do have a 19 year old suspect who they are seeking tonight - as well as another suspect in custody, and a taxi impounded.

The 70 year old was killed in his store yesterday afternoon. A trio of men entered pretending to return a pound of nails. One of them had a gun and attacked his wife, Elena. When Oscar Rosado tried to intervene and pushed the assailant, he shot Rosado twice in the head, killing him instantly.

Rosado was the patriarch of the family construction business which has been operating at the corner of the Western Highway and Partridge Street since 1995. Yesterday, his wife boldly told us that they will not be cowed by criminals, and plan to remain open:...

Elena Rosado, Wife/Witness
"I am not afraid. I will not give up. God is with me every day. My husband was a good man. If he [robber] needed money and had ask my husband for $100, my husband would have given it to him. Because maybe my husband had one thousand dollars in his wallet. That's all he had with him. So to get killed for one thousand dollars, it's not worth the while."

That was the third time armed robbers preyed upon the hardware business.

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