HYDERABAD: The suspect in the killing of an Indian student Sharath Koppu in Kansas recently has been killed by the Kansas City police in an encounter.

The suspect also fired at the police as a result of which three undercover officers who had kept a surveillance on him and confronted him were injured.

The suspect then fled from the place of the incident at a hotel after firing at the police officer. He fled in a car which was found abandoned at a distance.The police then concentrated on a home the suspect had got into. When he tried to run away from the scene, the officers shot at him and he continued to fire at them. The injured suspect was taken into custody and the police and the KCFD declared him dead.

Sharath Koppu had been shot dead by the suspect at J’s Fish and Chicken Market, 54th street and Prospect Avenue on July 6. The suspect, was finally shot dead to another location

Sharath Koppu from Hyderabad was an MS student at the University of Missouri and had been working part-time at J’s where the culprit fired at him five rounds, in what was believed to be a robbery attempt.

Police release a video of the suspect that very day and asked the public for any information and got a few leads.

“On behalf of the entire UMKC family, I want to express our gratitude to all of the brave first responders involved in today’s events, especially the three injured officers, along with our hopes for their speedy and full recovery,” UMKC Chancellor C. Mauli Agrawal in a statement on Sunday afternoon. He added: “These public servants risked their lives to pursue justice for our murdered student, Sharath Koppu.

In the operation carried out, police had to block traffic on nearby streets so that no one else would be put in danger because of the encounter with the suspect.

