ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Police said they have charged 42-year-old Tony Brown with murder after being accused of shooting a man on Clifford Avenue near Miller Street on Sunday, who died of his injuries.

Calls came in around 6 p.m. for the shooting. When officers arrived, they found Ali Saleh, the owner of Sanaa Food Market, behind the counter who had been shot at least once.

An ambulance rushed him to Strong Memorial Hospital and police announced on Monday morning that he had died.

Many people who knew Saleh have stopped by the market Monday and have lit candles to honor his memory. There will also be a balloon release Monday night as well.

“He was very important. A lot of people wouldn’t have milk for their babies if it wasn’t for them,” said Salvatore Derosi, a customer at Sanaa Food Market. “I’ve heard so many stories about people not having the money to buy this stuff and he’d still look out for them and make sure they got what they needed.”

Derosi also said Saleh was always taking care of kids, giving them free candy to make them happy.

Oscar Brewer, a friend of Saleh’s, recalled the times he would bring his daughter, who is three years old, into the store and Saleh always told her to pick out any chocolate bars she wanted, even though it would be eight in the morning.

Brewer said Saleh “lived by loved.”

Police said Brown entered the corner store, immediately approached Saleh and shot him multiple times. They also said that preliminary investigations found that Brown fled the scene by vehicle and later the same night patrol officers and detectives located the suspect’s vehicle near Portland Avenue and took him into custody.

A search warrant was issued on the vehicle Brown was in and a residence nearby, where a .357 caliber handgun and other evidence linked to the murder were recovered, according to police.

Police said they believe the murder was in retaliation for a previous altercation at the store days prior that involved one of Saleh’s associate’s.

Brown has been charged with murder in the second-degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second-degree. He is scheduled to be arraigned in Rochester City Court Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.