Slain Indian engineer was outstanding , friendly
Washington Feb 24 (IANS) Neighbours friends and family remembered Srinivas Kuchibhotla -- an Indian engineer who was killed in a bar shooting in the US earlier this week -- as a quiet and an outstanding human being.
Kuchibhotla was killed when former US Navy personnel Adam W. Purinton a white shot him and another Indian at the Austins Bar & Grill in Olathe Kansas state on Wednesday night.
His neighbours described him as friendly. Kuchibhotla was married but had no children KCTV5 News reported on Friday.
I know they have lots of support from people they know and people they don t Jennifer Snyder the couple s neighbour said.
Anything we can do we want to support. They re just the nicest couple you d ever meet from what I ve heard. It s not just your neighbour here it s your family.
A GoFundMe page created to collect money to help Kuchibhotla s family crossed its $150 000 goal raising nearly $250 000 in a few hours. More than 6 700 people including Americans donated $248 404 on the page created by Kuchibhotla s friend Kavipriya Muthuramalingam.
Srini was the kindest person you would meet full of love care and compassion for everyone. He never uttered a word of hatred a simple gossip or a careless comment. He was brilliant well mannered and simply an outstanding human being the page said.
Meanhile flowers lay outside Austin s Bar and Grill on Friday morning as the Olathe community continued to grieve the shooting incident.
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