Sikh man told to leave the country, shot in US: Police

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The 39-year-old Sikh man in Washington, US was working on his car in his driveway when a man walked up wearing a mask and holding a gun.

According to a report in the Seattle Times, there was an altercation, and the gunman - a stocky, 6-foot-tall white man wearing a mask over the bottom part of his face - said "Go back to your own country" and pulled the trigger.

Authorities are investigating the shooting as a suspected hate crime, the newspaper reported.

The victim, whose name hasn't been released, was shot in the arm at about 8pm on Friday and suffered injuries that are not life-threatening, the newspaper reported. The man who shot him is still on the loose. Kent Police have reached out to the FBI and other law enforcement agencies for help.

Read more:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/90076617/Sikh-man-told-to-leave-the-country-shot-in-US-Police


Seattle Times story:

Kent police are looking for a gunman who allegedly walked onto a man’s driveway and shot him, saying “Go back to your own country.”

The victim, a 39-year-old Sikh man, was working on his vehicle in his driveway in Kent’s East Hill neighborhood about 8 p.m. Friday when he was approached by an unknown man, Kent police said, after talking with the victim.

An altercation followed, with the victim saying the suspect made statements to the effect of “Go back to your own country.” The victim was shot in the arm.

The victim described the shooter as a 6-foot-tall white man with a stocky build. He was wearing a mask covering the lower half of his face, the victim said.

Kent police say they’ve reached out to the FBI and other law-enforcement agencies.

“We’re early on in our investigation,” Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas said Saturday morning. “We are treating this as a very serious incident.”

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/kent-shooting-victim-says-he-was-told-go-back-to-your-own-country/

[bathroommonkey76]

1. An Indian man also got shot in front of his home in Lancaster, SC last week.

Harnish Patel fourth Indian American killed in South Carolina in 23 months

Harnish Jayantilal Patel, 43, who was gunned down outside his home in Lancaster, South Carolina, on Thursday night, was the fourth Indian American killed in the Palmetto State since April 2015.


Patel, who owned a convenience store, Speedee Mart, had closed the store for the day around 11:24 p.m., and left for home. He was found dead outside his home, a few miles away from the store.

Police have ruled out hate crime as a motive.

In August 2015, an elderly Indian American couple was fatally shot at a Best Western Point South in Ridgeland, S.C., by a 20-year-old gunman.

The bodies of Kantibhai Patel, 72, and his wife Hansaben Patel, 67, were found in their room on August 16, 2015. The Patels had been working and living at the Best Western from 2007.

Ridgeland is roughly 190 miles to the south of Lancaster.

https://www.americanbazaaronline.com/2017/03/04/harnish-patel-fourth-indian-american-killed-in-south-carolina-in-23-months423096/

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2. "Investigating as a hate crime"

Yah think????