By Will Payne PUBLISHED: 18:18 EST, 10 December 2013 | UPDATED: 19:27 EST, 10 December 2013 The heartbroken mother of an Iraq veteran shot dead as he tried to buy her an iPad for Christmas today spoke for the first time, saying: ‘He was incredibly generous. He loved his family and he loved life’. New dad Jim Vester, 32, was lured to an Indianapolis parking lot on Wednesday by two men who posted an advert on Craigslist, saying they had an iPad for sale. But when he arrived he was ambushed, gunned down and robbed. Brothers Tyron Kincade, 19, and Tyshaune Kincade, 18, were today charged with his murder.
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Jim Vester, who served the military for 12 years was shot dead while buying an iPad he saw advertised on Craigslist
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Today his devastated mother, who he was buying the iPad for, paid tribute, telling MailOnline: 'He was wonderful, he would do anything for us'
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She added about the alleged killers: 'I don’t want to speak about those people, I just want to talk about Jim and his life'
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His wife, Jamie, also paid tribute. She said: 'I want to focus on all of the good Jim brought to this world and not focus on the people who did this to him'
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Vester, 32, was pronounced dead at the scene in Indianapolis and leaves behind his wife Jamie and son Gavin
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Tryon Kincade, 19, and his brother Tyshaune Kincade, 18, have been formally charged with Vester's murder
Witnesses say they overheard Mr Vester introduce himself as ‘@placeholder’ and moments later another man said, ‘This is a robbery’.