Kansas man pleads guilty to killing one, injuring two in alleged hate crime

A 52-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of fatally shooting an engineer from India at a Kansas bar and wounding two others, according to the Johnson County District Attorney’s Office. He had pleaded not guilty in November, according to The Associated Press.

Adam Purinton entered his guilty plea in Johnson County District Court to premeditated first-degree murder in the death of 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an aviation systems engineer and programs manager at GPS maker Garmin.

Purinton also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted premeditated first-degree murder for injuring Kuchibhotla’s friend Alok Madasani, also from India, and Ian Grillot, who tried to intervene during the shooting at Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas, last February, the district attorney said.

“Today’s guilty verdict in the murder of my husband will not bring back my Srinu, but it will send a strong message that hate is never acceptable,” Sunayana Dumala, Kuchibhotla’s wife, said in a statement. “We must understand and love one another.”

 Source : nbcnews