Indian-origin businessman shot dead outside his US home in S Carolina
![A sign on Harnish Patel’s Speed Mart store in Lancaster, South Carolina. Patel was shot dead outside his house. (Photo credit: Greg Suskin’s Twitter handle)](https://www.indoamerican-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/e333e0e0-00ac-11e7-a3af-7fa15638f741-e1488807780559.jpg)
A sign on Harnish Patel’s Speed Mart store in Lancaster, South Carolina. Patel was shot dead outside his house. (Photo credit: Greg Suskin’s Twitter handle)
A 43-year-old Indian-origin store owner in South Carolina, US, was shot dead outside his home, just days after an Indian engineer was killed in Kansas in a hate crime shooting that had sent shock waves across the country. But the county sheriff told the Indian mission that this “may not be a hate crime,” but local authorities are investigating the case.
“The County Sheriff has pointed out that this may not be a hate crime. Local authorities r investigating. We will remain in touch with them (sic),” sources said.
Credit: hindustantimes.com