A 25-year-old Indian student shot in Kansas City

A 25-year-old international student from the University of Missouri-Kansas City was shot in a robbery, reports Kansas City Star . The Kansas City police, like Sharath Koppu, was shot around 7 pm on Friday. Koppu, who worked at J's Fish and Chicken Market, located at Prospect Avenue near 54th Street, was working at the time. An unidentified man entered the restaurant at this time and started firing shortly thereafter. Patrons from a neighboring motel reported hearing five shots coming from the restaurant management

Koppu, a software engineer, was originally from the state of Telangana in the south of 39; ;India. He came to the United States earlier this year in pursuit of a master's degree. A GoFundMe page has been set up by his cousin, with the aim of raising funds to transport Sharath's body to India for proper cremation. The fundraising campaign raised $ 25,000 in three hours and, at the time of writing, more than $ 50,000 has been raised. Sharath's cousin, Raghavender Chowdavaram, wrote the following in the description of the GoFundMe account.

"Sharath Koppu is an Indian computer engineer who arrived in the United States in January 2018. Sharath is known to his family and his dream friends, cheerful, energetic and athletic. he moved to the United States to do his Masters, he had the same dreams as everyone else to make him BIG in the land of opportunity, he had a great sense of humor and always made people laugh and he was always ready to lend a helping hand. "

The restaurant where the shooting took place was closed Saturday afternoon, with windows barricaded A sign on the entrance door warns passers-by that security cameras are on the premises.

A restaurant employee, who wished to remain anonymous, described the contents. video surveillance due, Kansas City Star, . which has yet to be made public. The suspect, dressed in a brown shirt with white stripes, took out a weapon and demanded money.

As bosses and employees fled or stooped, Koppu fled toward the back of the store, away from the armed suspect. It is at this moment that Koppu was shot in the back. The anonymous employee also reported that Koppu did not know how to work the registry. He died shortly after being transported to the hospital.

The Kansas City Police Department has released some of the store's security images, which we have incorporated above. Anyone with information about the suspect's identity should call the TIPS helpline at 816-474-8477. The information can also be reported on the website of Kansas City Hitchhikers.