Gujarati Man Shot Dead By Gunman Posing As Customer At Shop In US
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The victim was identified as Paresh Patel who hailed from Gujarat's Dingucha village. The video of the shooting was captured in the CCTV camera at the shop.
A Gujarati man was shot dead by a gunman posing as a customer in a shop in the United States. The incident was caught on the CCTV camera installed at the spot.
The victim was identified as Paresh Patel, who hailed from Dingucha village in Gujarat.
When Patel was in the shop, the attacker entered posing as a customer and attempted a robbery at the cash counter. As Patel followed his commands, the killer robbed all his money and later shot him dead.
Earlier in March this year, a father and a daughter were shot dead in a Virginia shooting in the US. The victims were identified as Pradeep Patel and Urmi. The father died on the spot, while his daughter succumbed to her injuries two days later. A man was later arrested in connection with the shooting.
Chandu Patel, a leader from the Kadva Patidar community in Kanoda and Pradeep's uncle, said the family found out about the shocking incident through the news. 'Pradeep and Urmi had just opened their shop around 5 am on March 20 when a man walked in and started shooting. Both of them were shot. The man who did it, George Frazier Devon Wharton, has been caught by the police," he said.
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