Memorial service held for slain store clerk

Malav Desai was shot, killed while at work

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Loved ones gathered Saturday afternoon to remember a store clerk who was shot and killed while at work.

Friends and family said goodbye to Malav Desai at the St. Johns Family Funeral Home.

Desai moved to St. Augustine a month ago. He lived there with his wife.

Investigators said he was shot in the head during a robbery Tuesday. Some of his family traveled from India after they learned about the tragedy.

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Desai's brother-in-law said he wants justice for the killing.

"He gave over the money," Chayen Desai said. "Then why shoot him? This is the mind of a criminal."

He said the family wants the shooter, Sergio Morgan-Wideman, 15, to be charged as an adult.

Morgan-Wideman was charged for the murder Friday. Andre Robinson Junior, 16, is also charged with fleeing and eluding, and grand theft auto in connection to the murder.

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Malav Desai turned 29 last month.


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