A teenager has been shot and killed after confronting a man who had allegedly sold him counterfeit AirPod Pros in Mesa, Arizona.
Garry Anau, 19, had bought the Apple wireless headphones on OfferUp – an online market place app similar to Craigslist which is used by private sellers and involves in-person transactions.
When Anau discovered on Friday that he had been given fake Airpods he went with his cousins to get a refund from the seller, who recognized him and pulled out a gun, police say.
One of his cousins tried to grab the weapon from the seller but it went off, striking Anau.
He died in hospital on Saturday, according to police.
Garry Anau was shot and killed after confronting a man who had allegedly sold him counterfeit AirPod Pros
Anau’s parents are now mourning the loss of their son. ‘He had so much to live for,’ his mother Pou Anau said
Another person suffered non-life threatening injuries in the shooting and is considered an ‘investigative lead’ in the case by police
Another unidentified person suffered non-threatening injuries in the shooting, and is being considered an ‘investigative lead’ in the case, according to police.
Police took an unidentified person into custody.
Anau, who was the eldest of seven siblings, was shot four times according to dispatch audio.
Anau’s father, Seul, offered additional details to AZCentral about the alleged scam that lead to his son’s death.
‘What happened is the guy would sell the products and then disconnect and block the people from contacting him again,’ he said.
‘So he would continue to sell them. So he would sell them and block them. That’s how he would scam them.’
Garry Anau,19, with his father Seul Anau. The father said that his son was not involved with guns, and should not have been involved in the confrontation
Anau played football and after graduating high school in 2020 he worked as a manager at a local Sonic Drive-In
Seul said Anau and one of his cousins planned to confront the seller by pretending to want to buy another pair of Airpods.
Once the cousin met up with the seller, Anau arrived to confront him and return the imitation headphones.
It was at that point the seller allegedly reacted by pulling out the gun, Seul said.
The father said that his son was not involved with guns, and should not have been involved in the confrontation.
‘You think in your heart and mind that these things won’t ever happen to your own child, ever’, he told AZCentral.
‘For my son even the detectives and all of them they knew right away he wasn’t that type of kid. He wasn’t even supposed to be there. In other words, wrong place, wrong time.’
Anau’s parents are now mourning the loss of their son.
‘He just had the right heart you know, he would have done so much,’ Seul told 12News.
He had so much to live for,’ his mother Pou added.
The Anau family is mourning the loss of their son, Garry, who was the eldest of seven siblings
Anau played high school football and after graduating in 2020 he worked as a manager at a local Sonic Drive-In. He had hopes of being a sports reporter
‘He would have been a great father and a husband, he wanted to serve his community,’ Seul said.
‘It feels like a foggy dream or nightmare,’ Seul said. ‘We have cried all our tears out. There really is nothing left to cry.’
Anau’s family created a GoFundMe page that has already raised over $33,000- surpassing its original goal of $30,000 in just 2 days.
‘He was respectful, soft-spoken, and gentle hearted. Wherever he’d go, the smile on his face was contagious,’ the fundraiser said.
‘We believe we are going to meet him and see him one day and that’s what’s sustaining us,’ Seul said.
DailyMail.com reached out to OfferUp seeking comment on the shooting.
