Aishwarya Thatikonda was an engineer who lived and labored in Texas, US.
Houston, United States:
A 27-year-old Indian girl, who was working within the US as a venture engineer, was amongst 9 folks killed when a gunman opened fireplace at a crowded mall in Dallas in Texas, authorities stated on Monday.
Aishwarya Thatikonda, of McKinney, was buying with a pal after they have been shot by gunman Mauricio Garcia on the Allen Premium Retailers in Dallas, the New York Publish newspaper reported.
The taking pictures began round 3:30 pm on Saturday as throngs of consumers crammed the out of doors mall. The taking pictures killed not less than eight folks earlier than Mauricio Garcia, a 33-year-old gunman, was shot lifeless by a police officer.
Aishwarya, daughter of a district decide in Ranga Reddy district courtroom in India, labored as a venture engineer at Good Common Contractors LLC.
A household consultant confirmed to the WFAA tv station that Thatikonda was additionally among the many lifeless from the mindless gun violence.
Aishwarya had spoken to her members of the family earlier than the incident on Saturday, and after they known as her again after studying concerning the taking pictures they didn’t get any response, in response to the decide’s pal.
“The household received the details about (her demise) on Sunday. They’re in shock. They’ve been instructed that efforts have been being made to ship her physique by Wednesday,” the decide’s pal stated.
She was an engineer residing and dealing in Texas whereas her household was in India. Her pal, who was not recognized, was injured however is at present in steady situation on the hospital, the paper stated.
Thatikonda’s household is planning to convey her physique again to India, it added.
She did her civil engineering from a school in Hyderabad in India and accomplished her masters within the US after which she had been working there for greater than two years.
Garcia, the gunman, was shot and killed by an officer who was patrolling the world.
A Dallas house linked to Garcia’s mother and father was searched by police Saturday night time after the bloodbath, and officers additionally scoured a motel the place the shooter had booked an prolonged keep, law-enforcement sources instructed native outlet WFAA-TV.
In an announcement concerning the taking pictures, the mall stated, “We’re horrified by the mindless tragedy at Allen Premium Retailers and are outraged by the violence that continues to plague our nation.
“Our ideas and prayers are with the victims, their households and others affected by this heinous act. We’re grateful for the Allen Police Officer’s heroic actions and for the assist of all the primary responders.” Up to now there have been not less than 198 mass shootings in america in 2023, in response to the gun violence archive.
Saturday’s tragedy occurred simply a few weeks earlier than the primary anniversary of the Uvalle, Texas Faculty bloodbath when 19 kids and two adults have been killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary Faculty on Might 24, 2022.
It comes simply days after a gunman grew to become enraged throughout a go to to an Atlanta medical facility, allegedly taking pictures lifeless not less than one individual with a handgun and injuring 4 others earlier than he was caught hours later.
Saturday’s incident is the second-deadliest taking pictures of the yr within the nation, after the Monterey Park, California, bloodbath by which a gunman killed 11 folks in a ballroom on January 21.
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