Fw: Fwd: It is getting nasty, watch out and be careful folks

[Lavanya Reddy]

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On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 9:52 PM, Sudip Gorakshakar

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Dear Lavanya garu and Amrik ji,

This is really sad and most unfortunate for an innocent young aspiring engineer.

 

We need to send a message to all Indian Americans to be more careful and vigilant.

May god bless his soul.

Sudip Gorakshakar

President  NFIA

Cell:(562) 712-2117

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Indian American Engineer Fatally Shot in Kansas in Alleged Hate Crime

• India-West Staff Reporter
 
• 50 min ago
 
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Srinivas Kuchibhotla was fatally shot Feb. 22 at a bar in Olathe, Kan. Police arrested 51-year-old Adam Purinton in connection with the shooting that also injured two others, including Kuchibhotla’s friend, Alok Madasani. (GoFundMe photo)

A man is behind bars after fatally shooting an Indian American engineer and injuring two others at a bar in Olathe, Kan., Feb. 22, in an alleged hate crime.

Adam Purinton, a 51-year-old Navy veteran, allegedly shot and killed Srinivas Kuchibhotla, and injured Alok Madasani and Ian Grillot.

Following the shooting, at roughly 7:15 p.m., Purinton fled the scene and was arrested some 80 miles away at an Applebee’s in Clinton, Mo., in the early hours of Feb. 23, according to a Kansas City Star report.

According to the report citing witnesses at Austin’s Bar and Grill in Olathe, Purinton had been drinking hard, and continually exclaimed racial slurs.

When a bar regular told him to stop, the man yelled “get out of my country” before he started shooting, the Star reported.

At the Applebee’s in Missouri, Purinton allegedly told a bartender he had killed two men whom he referred to as “Middle Eastern,” it added.

Kuchibhotla was an aviation engineer at Olathe-based technology company Garmin. Originally from Hyderabad, he graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University with a bachelor of technology degree in electrical and electronics engineering in 2005. He later earned his master’s degree in the same field from the University of Texas El Paso.

Following his graduation, Kuchibhotla worked as a teaching assistant and research assistant at UTEP, then as a software engineer and senior systems engineer at Rockwell Collins prior to joining Garmin in January 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile.

A GoFundMe page (found here: http://bit.ly/2mqixVZ) to help Kuchibhotla’s family was set up shortly after the incident. As of 2:30 p.m. Feb. 23, it had raised $75,010 with a goal of reaching $100,000.

Madasani, a co-worker of Kuchibhotla’s at Garmin, was wounded in the shooting. He was still hospitalized at the time of press.

Madasani graduated from Vasavi College of Engineering in India before moving to the U.S. to attend the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Like Kuchibhotla, Madasani worked for several years at Rockwell Collins before joining Garmin in July 2014.

A friend of both Kuchibhotla and Madasani told the New York Daily News that the two victims, both Hindus from Hyderabad, were good friends.

Garmin spokeswoman Carly Hysell said in a New York Daily News report that the company is not publicly identifying the employees, but that the second worker is no longer in critical condition.

“We’re saddened that two Garmin associates were involved in (the Feb. 22) incident, and we express our condolences to the family and friends of our co-workers involved,” she said in a statement.

The alleged shooter was in court Feb. 23 and waived extradition so he could be taken back to Kansas.

[angela anand]

It is imperative that NFIA condemn the action publicly via media so that we as a community group become the voice of the community for any type of hate crimes. Do a press release and if you or anyone you designate to write needs help, I can assist. Have a great weekend!!!

Angela Anand

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[Harihar Singh]

I am saddened to hear about this tragedy and understand that this is a hate crime. I support and am of the opinion to condemn this tragedy as suggested by Angela Anand through a press release to all local and Indian news media. 

Hari H. Singh 

[Pat Patnaik]

It's about time, NFIA stands up and start making some 'noise'. Besides writing a condemnation letter, we need to send this letter to the following.

- Governor of Kansas

- Someone at the White House

- Senate majority leader

- Indian Ambassador based in DC

Sudip and myself are meeting this evening to compose the said letter.

Ashok Pat Patnaik