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Mother mourns 23-year-old son killed while working at the Russell Industrial Center

A grieving mother is mourning the tragic loss of her son whose life was cut short on the job. 23-year-old Sam Gartley was shot and killed near the Russell Industrial Center on Detroit's east side. His family says he was an entrepreneur, who had a business at the industrial center for roughly a year. "It's terrible. There's no other way to put it. Devastating. Heartbreaking," Sam's mother Bobi Gartley said. On Monday night, 23-year-old Sam Gartley was shot and killed when someone tried to rob him at the Russell Industrial Center when he was working. "We lost a beautiful soul."