The Kansas City Police on Sunday gunned down the suspected assailant of 25-year-old Indian student Sharath Koppu in a Kansasrestaurant on July 6. Three cops are said to have suffered injuries in the attack by the accused, prompting the cops to shoot him to death. His name is not yet revealed.
The suspect, whose name has not been released, had been identified as a person of interest in the slaying of Sharath Koppu and officers had him under surveillance, according to police. Koppu, 25, was a master’s degree student from India who was studying at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Jagdeesh Subramanian, president of the India Association of Kansas City, said the group is grateful to police for pursuing Koppu’s shooting diligently and that “there is some closure” with the person of interest’s death.
“We are equally disheartened hearing about the three officers who were shot in pursuit,” Subramanian said in a statement. “Our thoughts and prayers are with them for a speedy recovery.”
The man being sought by police in relation to Koppu’s death opened fire Sunday afternoon on officers with a semi-automatic “AK-47-type” rifle as they conducted an investigation at a motel less than 2 miles (3 kilometers) from Kauffman Stadium, where the Kansas City Royals baseball team plays, police spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina told.
