A clerk was shot and killed Saturday during a robbery at a 7-Eleven in Whittier, police said.

The family of the clerk identified him as Maninder Singh, a father of two small children ages 5 and 9. Singh's family set up a GoFundMe page to help with sending his body back to India "so his wife and kids can view him one last time."

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The robbery occurred at 5:45 a.m. at 8438 Santa Fe Springs Road, where the clerk was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a watch commander at the Whittier Police Department.

"Preliminarily it appears the suspect entered the store with a semi-automatic handgun with the intent to commit a robbery. For unknown reasons the suspect fired the handgun killing the clerk," according to a police statement.

The killer was described as a man about 5-feet-7 inches tall. His face was partially covered and he was wearing a dark hoodie with a gray hoodie underneath, police said. He was wearing black gloves.

Two customers inside the store during the robbery were not injured, police said.

Whittier police asked anyone with information regarding the robbery to call detectives at 562-567-9281.