Family of Boston store clerk who’s on life support after shooting must make ‘tough decision’
The family of the Boston convenience store clerk who has been fighting for his life after getting shot in the head during a robbery has to make a “tough decision” about removing him from life support, his friend tells the Herald.
Tanjim Siam, 25, remains on life support at Boston Medical Center where his parents — after obtaining visas to visit the U.S. from Bangladesh — arrived this week to be by his hospital bedside and see him for the last time.
They were too distraught to speak with the media on Wednesday after visiting Siam and speaking with his doctors about the dire situation.
“He’s on life support, so they have to make a tough decision about removing him,” his friend Humayun Morshed said outside Boston Medical Center.
His mother, Monowara Begum Moni, and father, Mohammed Sohid, obtained visas to come to Boston to see their son — with the assistance of the Boston Convenience Store Owners Association and several public officials, including Mayor Martin Walsh.
Siam, who recently moved to the U.S. from Bangladesh and began working at M&R Convenience Store in Roxbury four months ago, was attacked by a robber in mid-July.
The robber entered the store on Shawmut Avenue and shot Siam in the head after he had given the robber cash, cigarettes and other items.
Siam has since been in a coma.
Morshed, who runs Rosario Grocery in Dorchester, stressed on Wednesday that Boston Police need to get to the bottom of this convenience store shooting.
“We’re demanding that police catch the guy,” said Morshed, secretary of the Boston Convenience Store Owners Association. “We need to find this guy. People are scared.”
“Now is the time,” he added. “Justice needs to be served.”
A Boston Police Department spokesman said that it remains a “very active” investigation.
Anyone with information should contact the Boston Police Homicide Unit at 617-343-4470. People who want to remain anonymous can call the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 800-494-TIPS or text the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).
The coalition of owners of more than 100 Boston stores has started a GoFundMe page to help Siam’s family financially as he remains in the hospital.
As of 7 p.m. Wednesday, the page — titled Fundraising For Tanjim Siam — has raised more than $55,000 of the $75,000 goal.
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