Indian-American killed inside liquor shop in US
Tuesday, 17/02/2015
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NEW YORK: A 28-year-old IndianAmerican, who was shot by unknown gunmen in his familyowned liquor shop in the US, has succumbed to his injuries.
Amit Patel from Edison was shot and killed in New Jersey inside Roseway Liquors in Irvington on Sunday.
When police arrived at the store, they found Patel injured from a gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead, acting Essex County prosecutor Carolyn A Murray and acting Irvington police director Musa Malik said.
According to close family friends, Amit was manning thefamily’s liquor store alone - his father, who owned the store was in the back office.“We don’t know if it was a robbery, nobody knows. They were alone here,” Bimal Patel, a family friend said.
The victim had gotten married just a year ago.
