DALLAS — Omar Omar believes the American dream is primarily about not quitting. The 40-year-old Iraq native admits he thought about it in the days and years after a deadly shooting at his business, Omar’s Wheels and Tires.
“Sometimes it goes through my mind, I want to walk away from this corner. I want to go do something else in life,” Omar said. “I don’t want to be in this business anymore.”
Federal investigators said Anthony Torres, 38, was drawn to the business in December 2015 because of its Muslim ownership. But they said it was not to support the Buckner Blvd. establishment in Dallas’ Pleasant Grove community.
“I was here. I was part of it. Everything happened from A to Z,” Omar said.
The business owner said before December 24, Torres had come to the business asking people if they were Muslim. In previous CBS News Texas reports, the Dallas police told Torres not to return to the property. But he did.
“And he came to me, he said, ‘Hey, where’s Omar?’ I’m like, ‘Omar’s not here,'” Omar said.