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On January 21st, 1995, 20-year-old Tariq Khamisa, a student at San Diego State University, was out delivering a pizza, when a gang tried to rob him. Things escalated, and at the urging of an older gang member, 14-year-old Tony Hicks shot and killed Tariq. In the years that followed, Tariq’s father, Azim, came to the realization that “there were victims on both sides of the gun.” Tony and Azim recently spoke over StoryCorps Connect to remember the day they met, and the unexpected connection that was forged between them.
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On January 21st, 1995, 20-year-old Tariq Khamisa, a student at San Diego State University, was out delivering a pizza, when a gang tried to rob him. Things escalated, and at the urging of an older gang member, 14-year-old Tony Hicks shot and killed Tariq. In the years that followed, Tariq’s father, Azim, came to the realization that “there were victims on both sides of the gun.” Tony and Azim recently spoke over StoryCorps Connect to remember the day they met, and the unexpected connection that was forged between them.
Learn more: storycorps.org/stories/both-ends-of-the-gun-how-two-men-were-brought-together-in-tragedy-and-forgiveness
