Srinivas Kuchibhotla was shot dead by US navy veteran named Adam Purinton who mistook him as someone from the 'Middle-East' and told him, "Get out from my country", before shooting him.

Originally from Hyderabad, Kuchibhotla was a B. Tech in electrical and electronics engineering from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. He had a master’s degree from the University of Texas, El Paso. Madasani graduated from Vasavi College of Engineering in 2006, and came to the US as a Master’s student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Kuchibhotla is survived by his wife Sunayana, according to a GoFundMe page. The couple had no children.

Purinton, 51, was charged 23.02.2017 in Johnson County District Court with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. The FBI is also investigating the case as a possible federal hate crime.

• Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, was fatally shot.

Two other men,

• Alok Madasani, 32, and
• Ian Grillot, 24,

were wounded.

Kuchibhotla and Madasani worked together at Garmin Ltd.