Telangana student shot dead during robbery bid in US | Hyderabad News
HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old student from Rangareddy district was shot dead in Milwaukee in the US state of Wisconsin by unidentified assailants during a suspected robbery attempt.
Gampa Praveen, a resident of Keshampet mandal, was pursuing his MS in data science at the University of Wisconsin. “He was working part-time at a local store and was due to complete his studies in two months,” his sister, G Gayathri, told TOI.
Praveen’s death came as a shock to his family on Wednesday morning. His father, Gampa Raghavulu, said he received a WhatsApp call at 2.55 am. After missing the call, he sent a voice message to his son, asking him to call back.
“We did not receive a reply. When we called his number, someone answered and said they had found my son’s phone. They asked for his date of birth, which seemed unusual, so we disconnected the call and reached out to his friends,” Raghavulu explained.
Praveen’s friends soon found that robbers had entered the store where he was working, and had shot him. “He was hit by a bullet and died,” Raghavulu said.
“More than the news of his death, we are struggling with the lack of information about what happened. This tragedy has devastated us,” Gayathri said.
