Children hid in closet: Indian national, 3 relatives shot dead in family dispute in US

A home shooting successful the US authorities of Georgia connected aboriginal Friday greeting near 4 dead, including an Indian national, aft an alleged household quality escalated into unit astatine a residence successful Lawrenceville, authorities said.

Three children who were wrong the location astatine the clip survived aft hiding successful a closet, 1 of whom managed to telephone exigency services.According to the Gwinnett Daily Post, Gwinnett County constabulary responded to a “shots fired” telephone astir 2.30 americium (local time) astatine a location successful the 1000 artifact of Brook Ivy Court. Officers recovered 4 adults wrong the location suffering from gunshot wounds. All 4 were pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Children hide, 1 alerts police

Investigators said 3 young children — aged seven, 10 and 12 — were wrong the location erstwhile the shooting began. To support themselves, the children hid unneurotic successful a closet. Police said the 12-year-old managed to telephone 911, providing important details that helped officers scope the determination wrong minutes.The children were not injured and were aboriginal taken into the attraction of a household member.Because officers arrived rapidly and recovered the suspect’s conveyance inactive successful the driveway, K-9 units were deployed to hunt the area.

A constabulary canine tracked the fishy to a adjacent wooded area, wherever helium was arrested without incident.

Suspect and victims identified

Police identified the fishy arsenic Vijay Kumar, 51, of Atlanta. He has been charged with 4 counts each of aggravated assault, felony execution and malice murder, on with 1 number of first-degree cruelty to children and 2 counts of third-degree cruelty to children.

The victims were identified arsenic Kumar’s wife, Meenu Dogra, 43, of Atlanta, and 3 relatives — Gourav Kumar, 33, Nidhi Chander, 37, and Harish Chander, 38 — each residents of Lawrenceville.Investigators said an statement began betwixt Kumar and Dogra astatine their location successful Atlanta, aft which they travelled with their 12-year-old kid to the Brook Ivy Court residence, wherever the different 3 victims lived with 2 children. “It is chartless astatine this clip what the statement was about, wherefore they came to the residence, oregon what led up to the incident,” Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Angela Carter said.“It’s decidedly a tragic situation. Four radical dying astatine the aforesaid time, particularly with children successful the home, is very, precise tragic”, Carter added.

Indian ngo expresses grief

The Consulate General of India successful Atlanta confirmed that an Indian nationalist was among those killed and said the shooting was linked to an alleged household dispute. Expressing condolences, the ngo said the alleged shooter had been arrested and that each imaginable assistance was being extended to the bereaved family.