This is the face of terrorism to me, not some immigrant.
Adam W. Purinton, 51, allegedly opened fire Wednesday night at the bar in Olathe, killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, police said in a statement.
The victim’s friend, Alok Madasani, 32, and bar patron Ian Grillot, 24, suffered injuries, authorities said. Madasani and Kuchibhotla are engineers at Garmin, and are originally from India, according to The Kansas City Star.
Witnesses say Purinton told the men to “get out of my country” before he shot them, the paper reported.
The incident started when the suspect got agitated at the bar, where patrons were watching a basketball game, Grillot said.
While he did not provide specifics on what the suspect was doing, witnesses told local media they heard him yell “get out of my country” during the incident.
Police have not corroborated the statements.
“I opened the door and was like, ‘I’m going to have to ask you to leave, sir. There’s no reason to act like that around this bar. This is a family restaurant,’ ” Grillot told CNN affiliate KMBC.
The suspect left, only to return shortly afterward and start firing rounds, he said.
The most amazing thing is the police are refusing at the moment to call this a hate crime.
He has been charged with 1st degree murder and being held on a $2 million bail.