According to reports, Sai Kiran, a 23-year-old student from Hyderabad has been shot dead while in Florida after he was mugged on Sunday
Kiran was reportedly shot dead after he refused to hand over his mobile phone to unidentified men who demanded it, according to his relatives.
Sai Kiran, who had started an MS program recently, was shot four times close to his residence in the afternoon on Sunday, and was on the phone at the time of the incident, as told to the media by his uncle Shravan Kumar said.
“We received information from his friends that some people demanded his phone on which he was already talking. His friend on the other end of the call heard four rounds of gun shots being fired. We are awaiting more details,” Kumar told a news agency.
Sai Kiran had completed his bachelors in engineering from Geetanjali College in Keesara, near Hyderabad.