Tragedy strikes Indians in Kansas

February 25, 2017 12:25 pm | Updated December 04, 2021 10:45 pm IST

Sad turn:  Srinivas Kuchibhotla and his wife Sunayana Dumala stayed at Overland Park in Kansas City.

Sad turn: Srinivas Kuchibhotla and his wife Sunayana Dumala stayed at Overland Park in Kansas City.

An Indian engineer was killed and another injured in Olathe city, Kansas in Midwestern U.S. on February 22 night.

Srinivas Kuchibhotla (32), along with his friend Alok Madasani, had gone to a bar, where he was shot, allegedly by a 51-year-old Navy veteran who shouted, “get out of my country,” before the act.

Kuchibhotla died later, while Mr. Madasani who was also hit, has recovered and has been discharged from hospital.

Ian Grillot, a 24-year-old white man, who took a bullet on his chest trying to stop the shooter, has emerged the hero in the tragic episode.

Flags are at half staff at Garmin headquarters Olathe, Kan., Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.

Flags are at half staff at Garmin headquarters Olathe, Kan., Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.

 

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