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A6 U.S. NEWS
Saturday 25 February 2017

Witnesses: Bar gunman shouted ‘get out of my country’

dian men were Hindu. scheduled for Monday.
The slain man was iden- A bartender at Austins Bar
tified as Srinivas Kuchib- and Grill in the suburb of
hotla, 32. His widow said Olathe said Purinton used
he came to the U.S. in racial slurs before firing.
2005 to pursue a master’s He was taken into custody
degree at the University about five hours later after
of Texas at El Paso and speaking with another bar-
worked in Iowa for six tender at an Applebee’s
years before moving to some 70 miles away in Clin-
the Kansas City area. ton, Missouri.
“He did not deserve a The Kansas City Star report-
death like this,” Sunay- ed Purinton’s comments
ana Dumala said Friday to the second bartender.
at a news conference The paper did not cite its
organized by her hus- sources.
band’s employer, the The other men who were
GPS device-maker Gar- shot were identified as
min. “I don’t know what 32-year-old Alok Ma-
to say. We’ve read many dasani, who was released
times in newspapers of from the hospital Thursday,
some kind of shooting and 24-year-old Ian Grillot,
happening somewhere. who remained hospital-
Eric Jackson, FBI Special Agent in Charge, addresses questions from the media during a press I was always concerned, ized.
conference at the Olathe Police Department in Olathe, Kan. Looking on, from left, Steve Howe, ‘Are we doing the right Madasani’s father, Jagan-
Johnson County District Attorney, Olathe Police Chief Steve Menke and Tom Beall, U.S. Attorney thing staying in the U.S. or mohan Reddy, said he had
for District of Kansas. America?’ But he always spoken with his wounded
(Tammy Ljungblad/The Kansas City Star via AP) assured me good things son by phone from India
happen in America.” and was worried about his
JIM SUHR former air traffic controller gated. The shooting swiftly Though she did not men- safety.
Associated Press reportedly told a bartend- stoked fears about the tion Trump by name, she “I request other parents to
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — In the er in another town that he treatment of immigrants, directed anger at the U.S. think twice before sending
middle of a crowded bar, needed a place to hide who feel targeted by Presi- government, asking what their children to the United
Adam Purinton yelled at because he had just killed dent Donald Trump’s prom- officials would do to stop States,” he said.
two Indian men to “get out two Middle Eastern men. ises to ban certain travel- hate crimes. As engineers for Garmin,
of my country,” witnesses In India, the father of one of ers, build a wall along the “Not everyone will be Kuchibhotla and Ma-
said, then opened fire in the wounded men called Mexico border and put harmful to this country,” dasani worked at the com-
an attack that killed one Wednesday’s attack in the “America first.” she said. pany’s main campus just a
of the men and wounded Kansas City suburbs a hate The president has been es- Purinton was jailed on mile from the scene of the
the other, as well as a third crime, but authorities on pecially vocal about the murder and attempted shooting. Garmin is one of
man who tried to help. Friday declined to discuss threat posed by Islamic ter- murder charges. His first the region’s best-known
Hours later, the 51-year-old a motive as they investi- rorist groups. Both of the In- court appearance was employers.
Local police were work-
2nd Florida mosque hit by arson in past 6 months ing with the FBI. Spokes-
woman Bridget Patton said
the federal agency’s role is
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An in- at the mosque when the Investigators from the U.S. Authorities said holes were to help determine if a civil
tentionally set fire dam- fire started. Bureau of Alcohol, To- found in the door but de- rights violation occurred.
aged a prayer hall at a “It is worrisome that our bacco and Firearms and termined they were not Purinton, who is being held
Tampa-area mosque early community has fallen vic- Explosives also responded, made by bullets, as some on $2 million bond, was
Friday, investigators said. tim of what appears to be the group said. The ATF had initially feared. moved Friday from Missouri
The arson occurred at the another hate crime,” said confirmed its agents were Morning prayers were to Kansas. Because he has
Islamic Society of New Tam- Wilfredo Amr Ruiz, spokes- there but said the local fire moved to another building. not yet appeared in court,
pa, Hillsborough County man for the Council on department was leading Afternoon prayers may be he did not have an attor-
Fire Rescue said in a news American-Islamic Relations the investigation. canceled due to the dam- ney formally assigned to his
release. in Florida. CAIR said the fire started at age to the hall, local news case.
Fire investigators respond- An alarm company notified a door to the prayer hall. media reported. Beverly Morris, who has
ed at around 2 a.m. After a mosque board member There was damage to the Worshippers were directed lived next door to Purinton
gathering evidence, they early Friday, and he found door and carpet inside to other mosques in the in Olathe for about 20
determined the fire was in- first responders there when from sprinkler water and area until the building is years, said he never made
tentionally set. No one was he arrived, CAIR said. smoke. repaired.q her feel unsafe.q