CLEVELAND, Ohio -- An Egyptian immigrant who moved his family to Ohio for a safer, better life was shot and killed Thursday night in Cleveland during an internet car sale that turned into a robbery.

Hesham Kamel, 52, of Willoughby Hills was shot in the chest on Macomb Avenue near Turney Road on the city's East Side, according to police and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.

Kamel set up a 7:15 p.m. meeting to sell the car through the phone app OfferUp, police say.

Macomb Avenue residents saw four men hanging around the street just before Kamel arrived, according to a Cleveland police report.

Other witnesses spotted the men arguing with Kamel in the middle of the street. One man pulled out a handgun and Kamel grabbed it and tried to push it away, the report says.

The gunman shot Kamel twice, and took off in the car that Kamel was trying to trade, the report says. The other three men stole Kamel's wallet and ran down the street, police say.

No one has been arrested or charged in connection with the shooting.

Officers found the stolen car about one mile away later on Thursday evening, police say.

Kamel called his 20-year-old son and 22-year-old daughter, Elaria Kamel, as paramedics rushed him to MetroHealth. He died before they could meet him at the hospital, Elaria told cleveland.com.

Kamel moved his family to Willoughby Hills about five years ago so they could flee the upheaval in Egypt that was sparked during the Arab Spring, Elaria said.

Kamel couldn't speak English, so he began trading TVs, vehicles and other items to make extra cash.

"This was a thing that he could do with little English. He was trying to be active instead of sitting (around)," Elaria said.

Kamel called Elaria before he went to make the deal on Thursday. He first planned to meet the men two streets over on Vineyard Avenue, but they changed the location to Macomb Avenue at the last minute, Elaria said.

"He didn't know the area he was going to. If he knew it wasn't safe, he wouldn't go," Elaria said, a quiver in her voice.

She said her father didn't deserve this end, and he wasn't the type of man who would do anything bad to anyone he met.

"It wasn't safe in Egypt, so we decided to come here to be more safe, to get a better life," Elaria said. "We didn't."

Anyone with information is being asked to call investigators at 216-623-5464.

This story has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of Hesham Kamel's name.

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