NEW : Deputy industry minister shot several times , state media reports . Killing is the first assassination of government minister since Tripoli ouster in Nearly three years . Country awash with weapons . He was shot dead by gunmen near a market in the port city , defense official says . Moammar Gadhafi was the hometown of longtime leader Sirte .
NEW : Deputy industry minister shot several times , state media reports . Killing is the first assassination of government minister since Tripoli ouster in Nearly three years . He was shot dead by gunmen near a market in the port city , defense official says . Moammar Gadhafi was the hometown of longtime leader Sirte .