Amaravati, June 23: A 32-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh was among four persons killed in firing at a grocery store in Arkansas in the United States. The victim from Andhra Pradesh was identified as Dasari Gopikrishna, a native of Bapatla district who had gone to the US only eight months ago. He was working at the Mad Butcher grocery store at Fordyce, a small town in Arkansas, where a gunman opened fire on June 21. US Shooting: One Person Killed, Seven Others Injured in Firing Outside Nightclub in Kentucky's Louisville, Say Police.
Indian National Killed at Butcher Grocery Store in Arkansas
Visuals of shooting at a supermarket in the US' Arkansas, where 32-year-old Indian man Dasari Gopikrishna was killed on June 22.
Gopikrishna had moved to the US 8 months ago and worked at the supermarket.
He is survived by his wife and a son. pic.twitter.com/GdK4KNbdVe
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Gopikrishna, who was at the billing counter, sustained critical injuries. He succumbed at a hospital the next day. His family in Yajali in Karlapalem mandal of Bapatla district was shattered on receiving the news. Gopikrishna is survived by a wife and a son. Four persons were killed and nine injured when the gunman opened fire inside the store and at the parking lot. US: Mafia-Linked Anthony Conigliaro Aka Tony Cakes Decapitated After Being Hit by Truck in Brooklyn, Disturbing Videos Surface.
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Meanwhile, CCTV footage of the assailant entering the store and opening fire on the man at the counter has emerged. As the victim collapsed on the ground, the gunman jumped over the counter and escaped after lifting something from the shelf.
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