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Racist who fatally shot Indian engineer, injured two others at Kansas bar sentenced to life in prison; Adam Purinton next faces fed hate crime charges

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"card-content align-left">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>52-year-old racist in Olathe&comma; Kansas who fatally shot Indian engineer at local bar sent to prison for life<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Adam Purinton was convicted on Friday for the first-degree murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Kuchibhotla was fatally shot in Austin&&num;8217&semi;s Bar and Grill in Olathe&comma; Kansas on Feb 22&comma; 2017<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>The 32-year-old engineer from India&comma; was having a beer with his friend Alok Madasani&comma; 32&comma;  at Austin&&num;8217&semi;s Bar<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>The defendant shot at the men after shouting &&num;8220&semi;get out of my country&&num;8221&semi; killing Kuchibhotla and wounding Madasani<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Ian Grillot&comma; who tried to intervene during the shooting t was also wounded&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Purinton also pled guilty to the attempted murders of Madasani and Ian Grillot<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>He is next scheduled to be tried for federal hate crime charges starting May 21 <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;"><strong>Purinton is not eligible for parole until he has served 77 1&sol;2 year<&sol;strong><strong>s<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"collection collection-cards">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<h6 data-page&equals;"1"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-292590" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Adam-Purinton-3&period;png" alt&equals;"Adam Purinton 3&period;PNG" width&equals;"763" height&equals;"429" &sol;>Adam Purinton of Olathe&comma; Kan&period;&comma; &lbrack;orange regulation uniform&rsqb;&comma; was sentenced to life in prison for killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla last February&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p data-page&equals;"1">A Kansas man who fatally shot an engineer from India after shouting &&num;8220&semi;get out of my country&&num;8221&semi; at him and his friend has been sentenced to life in prison&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Adam Purinton was sentenced Friday for the first-degree murder of 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla&comma; who was having a beer with his friend Alok Madasani at Austin&&num;8217&semi;s Bar and Grill in Olathe on Feb&period; 22&comma; 2017&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our goal is to make sure that he never walks in the community again&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe said after Purinton&&num;8217&semi;s sentencing&comma; according to the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kansascity&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;crime&sol;article210281204&period;html">Kansas City Star<&sol;a>&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;That he spends the rest of his life in the penitentiary&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-292583" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Srinivas-Kuchibhotla-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Srinivas Kuchibhotla 2&period;jpg" width&equals;"1400" height&equals;"1048" &sol;><strong>Srinivas Kuchibhotla was fatally shot in Austin&&num;8217&semi;s Bar and Grill in Olathe&comma; Kansas on Feb 22&comma; 2017<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Purinton also pled guilty to the attempted murders of Madasani&comma; 32&comma; and Ian Grillot&comma; who tried to intervene during the shooting&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Adam W&period; Purinton was sentenced in Johnson County District Court&comma; where he pled guilty in March to a charge of first-degree murder for killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Judge Charles Droege ordered Purinton to serve a maximum sentence on all three charges and to run consecutively&comma; the Kansas City Star reported&period; He won&&num;8217&semi;t be eligible for parole for 77 1&sol;2 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card card-captioned collection-item" data-type&equals;"image"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-292584" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Alok-Madasani-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Alok Madasani 1" width&equals;"1400" height&equals;"1400" &sol;>Alok Madasani was with his friend&comma; Srinivas Kuchibhotla&comma; when Adam Purinton opened fire at them inside Austin&&num;8217&semi;s Bar and Grill in Olathe&comma; Kansas&comma; last Feb&period; He was injured but survived<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>Adam W&period; Purinton pled guilty Tuesday in Johnson County to a charge of first-degree murder in the February 2017 killing of Srinivas Kuchibhotla&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Purinton&comma; 52&comma; of Olathe Kansas&comma; also pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted first-degree murder for shooting Alok Madasani&comma; a co-worker of Kuchibhotla&&num;8217&semi;s&comma; and Ian Grillot&comma; who had come to the aid of the two other men&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Prosecutors have said that Purinton verbally harassed Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani&comma; another Indian man&period; Purinton started taunting the men by yelling racial slurs at them&comma; witnesses said&comma; before he was thrown out of the Olathe business&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Employees asked Purinton to leave&comma; but he returned a short time later to shout &&num;8220&semi;Get out of my country&&num;8221&semi; before he returned a short time later and unleashed a fusillade of 9mm bullets&comma; killing Kuchibhotla and wounding Madasani&period; Grillot was also wounded&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card card-captioned collection-item" data-type&equals;"image"><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<h6><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-292585" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Ian-Grillot-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ian Grillot 1&period;jpg" width&equals;"1400" height&equals;"953" &sol;>Good Samaritan&colon; Ian Grillot was also injured after he came to the aid of the men under fire <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><strong><span class&equals;"caption-text"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-292589" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;Austins-Bar-and-Grill-Olathe-Kansas&period;png" alt&equals;"Austins Bar and Grill&comma; Olathe Kansas&period;PNG" width&equals;"776" height&equals;"442" &sol;>Scene outside Austinns Bar and Grill&comma; 2103 E&period; 151st St&period;Olathe&comma; Kansas &period; It  <&sol;span><&sol;strong><strong><span class&equals;"caption-text">was reported about 7&colon;15 p&period;m&period; Wednesday&comma; Feb 22 2017<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>A victim impact statement by Kuchibhotla&&num;8217&semi;s widow&comma; Sunayana Dumala&comma; read in court said she wished Purinton &&num;8220&semi;had the ability to see beyond my husband&&num;8217&semi;s skin color and the beautiful and kindhearted person underneath it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item card-border-bottom card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Purinton will also faces federal hate crime charges and his plea hearing is scheduled for May 21&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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