OLATHE, Kan. — A Kansas man who opened fire last year in a suburban Kansas City bar, killing an immigrant from India in what federal prosecutors have called a hate crime, was sentenced Friday to life in prison. It also attracted international attention, especially in India, where officials publicly wondered if their citizens were safe in the U.S. Witnesses said Purinton, who is white, uttered racial slurs at Kuchibhotla and his friend, Alok Madasani, both 32, as they enjoyed an after-work drink at Austin’s Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas. Under terms of a plea agreement, District Judge Charles Droege sentenced Purinton to the maximum sentence on each of the three charges, and ordered them to run consecutively. After the shooting, Purinton drove 70 miles (110 kilometres) to Clinton, Missouri, where he confessed the shooting to a bartender at a restaurant.

Source: National Post May 04, 2018 21:32 UTC