Suspect in Indian student's killing shot dead by police in Kansas

July 16, 2018 18:05

HYDERABAD: The suspect in the killing of an Indian student Sharath Koppu in Kansas recently has been killed by the Kansas City police in an encounter.

The suspect also fired at the police as a result of which three undercover officers who had kept a surveillance on him and confronted him were injured.

Sharath Koppu had been shot dead by the suspect at Js Fish and Chicken Market, 54th street and Prospect Avenue on July 6. The suspect, was finally shot dead to another location.

Sharath Koppu from Hyderabad was an MS student at the University of Missouri and had been working part-time at Js where the culprit fired at him five rounds, in what was believed to be a robbery attempt.

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