Kansas shooting: injured man says suspect asked victims about visas

• Alok Madasani survived attack that killed Srinivas Kuchibhotla
• Tells New York Times suspect ‘asked us what visa are we currently on’

Staff and agencies
Saturday 25 February 2017 14.08 GMT

A man injured in a fatal shooting in suburban Kansas City that witnesses say was racially motivated has said the alleged gunman asked two of the victims about their visa status before returning and opening fire, killing one and wounding another.

Witnesses told investigators that at Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas on Wednesday evening, as patrons watched a Kansas-TCU basketball game, Adam Purinton yelled at two Indian men to “get out of my country” before opening fire.

One man, 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was killed. Two other men, 32-year-old Alok Madasani and 24-year-old Ian Grillot, were injured.

Madasani told the New York Times on Friday night Purinton “asked us what visa are we currently on and whether we are staying here illegally”.

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