Attack on Andrew Garner

The Assassination of Andrew Garner was a successful attempt on Andrew Garner's life orchestrated by Werner von Strucker and some HYDRA thugs sent by Grant Ward.

Assassination
At Aaron's Market, Andrew Garner grew suspicious of someone filming him. Soon, Werner von Strucker confronted Garner with a cigarette lighter. A third person arrived with a jerry can of gasoline and locking the door. The clerk managed to run away. Soon, the HYDRA thugs beat him up and killed him. Werner blew up the store with Andrew's lifeless body inside and managed to get cover from behind a car.

Concurrently, Lance Hunter & Melinda May witnessed this on a cell phone during a gunfight with Grant Ward. Ward told Hunter that he would spare Garner's life if he had him escape. Hunter believed that it was a trick and refused. May found out that it was completely real and was left angry.