TAMPA, Fla. — The widow of a man shot and killed in the parking lot of the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay on May 20 spoke publicly for the first time about her husband's death on Thursday.

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Huda Salim Kareem spoke to the media at her attorneys' office using one of her attorneys as a translator.

She said she moved to the U.S in 2008 to escape violence in Iraq. She met shooting victim Rafat Saeed here and married him.

She said he was helping her raise her two daughters, who are 14 and 11 years old.

"He was a great husband, he took great care of her, he was very compassionate, he was very loving," attorney Sam Badawi said on Kareem's behalf.

Kareem said she was waiting at home for her husband to arrive with food when she got the news he'd been shot and killed.

"She has no one in her life. No one to support her," Badawi said.

The wrongful death lawsuit claims the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay knew there were previous problems between Saeed and the man who shot him and failed to do anything about it.

"What happened was an execution," Badawi said.

The lawsuit also alleges the shooter was a volunteer security guard at the mosque and that the Islamic Society failed to properly train him.

Lack of transparency

A group of Saeed's friends stood outside the law office waving signs that read "We Want Justice".

They said they are frustrated by what they call a "lack of transparency" on the mosque's part.

"All of us as Iraqis, we came, we escaped terrorism, we escaped killing, we escaped being shot and to face that here, it's disappointing," said Rian Hamoodi.

We did reach out to the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay for a comment.

"We are unable to comment as this is a legal matter," wrote Shari Akram, a public relations spokesperson.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has not named the shooter in the case and no one has been arrested.

The Sheriff's Office said the incident remains under investigation.