White House Reacts To Shooting Of Indian Engineer In Kansas, Calls It ‘Disturbing’

The White House has termed the early reports of Kansas shooting, where an Indian engineer was shot to death in a racial attack by a gunman as “disturbing”.

“While the story is evolving, early reports out of Kansas are equally disturbing,” White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said at his daily press conference. Spicer referred to the incident while giving a statement about the alleged hate crime incidents against the Jewish community in the United States.

Spicer said it was too early to guess the motive for the incident, in which a man opened fire in a crowded bar in an apparently racially motivated attack.

An Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla was shot to death in Kansas in an alleged racial attack. The assailant had shouted "get out of my country" before he opened fire.

According to local media, the gunman, Adam Purinton, is a Navy veteran. He was arrested after fleeing the spot of incident. He was reportedly taken into custody by the police at Applebee's in Clinton, Missouri, about 82 miles southeast of Olathe. Asked if the shooting could be a hate crime, Eric Jackson, FBI special agent, said it was too early to determine.

With inputs from ANI