Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday expressed condolences after a 32-year-old man from the state died in a firing in the US.
Dasari Gopikrishna, a native of Bapatla district, was among the four people killed in firing at a grocery store in Arkansas in the United States.
Naidu said he is deeply saddened and said that the Andhra government will extend every possible support to bring back the mortal remains.
"Deeply saddened to learn that a young Dasari Gopikrishna from Bapatla has succumbed to injuries sustained in a shooting incident in Texas, USA. I offer my heartfelt condolences to his family and assure them that the GoAP will extend every possible support to help bring him home. We firmly stand by the family and pray for them to find strength through this difficult time," the Andhra CM said in a post on X.
Gopikrishna had gone to the US only eight months ago. He was working at the Mad Butcher grocery store at Fordyce, a small town in Arkansas, where a gunman opened fire on Friday.
Gopikrishna, who worked at the billing counter, sustained critical injuries and succumbed at a hospital the next day.
His family in Yajali in Karlapalem mandal of Bapatla district was shattered on receiving the news. The victim is survived by a wife and a son.
Meanwhile, CCTV footage of the assailant entering the store and opening fire on the man at the counter has emerged. As the victim collapsed on the ground, the gunman jumped over the counter and escaped after lifting something from the shelf.
Police said four died a day after a shooter opened fire at an Arkansas grocery store, wounding nine others and riddling cars with bullet. They identified the suspect as 44-year-old Travis Eugene Posey of New Edinburg. He will be charged with four counts of capital murder.
“He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries after exchanging gunfire with law enforcement” and was then released to police custody and taken to the Ouachita County Detention Center," the police said in the statement.