Aishwarya Thatikonda was an engineer who lived and labored in Texas, US.

Houston, United States:

A 27-year-old Indian girl, who was working within the US as a undertaking engineer, was amongst 9 individuals killed when a gunman opened hearth at a crowded mall in Dallas in Texas, authorities mentioned on Monday.

Aishwarya Thatikonda, of McKinney, was purchasing with a buddy once they have been shot by gunman Mauricio Garcia on the Allen Premium Outlets in Dallas, the New York Post newspaper reported.

The capturing began round 3:30 pm on Saturday as throngs of buyers crammed the outside mall. The capturing killed at the very least eight individuals earlier than Mauricio Garcia, a 33-year-old gunman, was shot lifeless by a police officer.

Aishwarya, daughter of a district choose in Ranga Reddy district courtroom in India, labored as a undertaking engineer at Perfect General Contractors LLC.

A household consultant confirmed to the WFAA tv station that Thatikonda was additionally among the many lifeless from the mindless gun violence.

Aishwarya had spoken to her members of the family earlier than the incident on Saturday, and once they referred to as her again after studying concerning the capturing they didn’t get any response, in response to the choose’s buddy.

“The family got the information about (her death) on Sunday. They are in shock. They have been told that efforts were being made to send her body by Wednesday,” the choose’s buddy mentioned.

She was an engineer dwelling and dealing in Texas whereas her household was in India. Her buddy, who was not recognized, was injured however is at present in secure situation on the hospital, the paper mentioned.

Thatikonda’s household is planning to carry her physique again to India, it added.

She did her civil engineering from a school in Hyderabad in India and accomplished her masters within the US after which she had been working there for greater than two years.

Garcia, the gunman, was shot and killed by an officer who was patrolling the world.

A Dallas dwelling linked to Garcia’s dad and mom was searched by police Saturday evening after the bloodbath, and officers additionally scoured a motel the place the shooter had booked an prolonged keep, law-enforcement sources instructed native outlet WFAA-TV.

In an announcement concerning the capturing, the mall mentioned, “We are horrified by the senseless tragedy at Allen Premium Outlets and are outraged by the violence that continues to plague our country.

“Our ideas and prayers are with the victims, their households and others affected by this heinous act. We are grateful for the Allen Police Officer’s heroic actions and for the assist of all the primary responders.” So far there have been at the very least 198 mass shootings within the United States in 2023, in response to the gun violence archive.

Saturday’s tragedy occurred simply a few weeks earlier than the primary anniversary of the Uvalle, Texas School bloodbath when 19 kids and two adults have been killed by a gunman at Robb Elementary School on May 24, 2022.

It comes simply days after a gunman grew to become enraged throughout a go to to an Atlanta medical facility, allegedly capturing lifeless at the very least one particular person with a handgun and injuring 4 others earlier than he was caught hours later.

Saturday’s incident is the second-deadliest capturing of the yr within the nation, after the Monterey Park, California, bloodbath by which a gunman killed 11 individuals in a ballroom on January 21.

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