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Indian-Origin Motel Manager Shot Dead in Pittsburgh While Trying to Intervene in Dispute
Rakesh Ehagaban was fatally shot after intervening in a motel dispute; suspect Stanley Eugene West faces multiple charges including criminal homicide.
- On Friday, emergency services responded after Rakesh Ehagaban, 51-year-old manager of the Pittsburgh Motel in Robinson Township, was shot dead on the 4200 block of Steubenville Pike.
- The suspect had been staying at the motel for about two weeks with a woman and a child, and police allege West shot the woman in the neck while she sat in a black sedan with the child inside.
- According to the criminal complaint, motel surveillance cameras captured Ehagaban approaching West in the motel parking lot and asking `Are you okay, bud?` before West shot him in the head.
- Police tracked the U-Haul van with licence plate readers and located West in the East Hills neighborhood, Pittsburgh, where a shootout injured a Pittsburgh detective and West was hospitalized facing criminal homicide and attempted homicide charges.
- These back-to-back incidents have prompted concern among advocates, as the Pennsylvania State Police lead an independent probe reviewing CCTV while police say there is no identified motive.
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Indian-origin motel manager shot dead in Pittsburgh while trying to intervene in dispute
According to the police, West also shot a woman outside the motel before fleeing the scene. He was later located in the East Hills area of Pittsburgh, where he exchanged gunfire with officers
·Mumbai, India
Read Full ArticleIndian-origin motel manager Rakesh Ehagaban shot dead in Pittsburgh; asked gunman ‘Are you alright’
Rakesh Ehagaban, a 51-year-old Indian-origin motel manager, was shot dead in Pittsburgh on 3 October. The shooter, Stanley Eugene West, faces multiple charges. The incident was recorded on surveillance cameras. Police investigations are ongoing to ascertain the motive.
·New Delhi, India
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