US Edition'He was a good boy': family mourns tragic loss of son
- Ekampreet Singh Sahni, an 18-year-old recently settled in Newcastle, was fatally shot in a carpark near a beach on April 23, 2025.
- The shooting occurred after a two-day manhunt, when 22-year-old Decklen Deaves-Thornton surrendered to police and faced murder charges.
- Ekampreet’s family, who relocated to Newcastle within the past year after migrating from India in 2020, remembered him as diligent and compassionate while the local Sikh community launched a fundraiser.
- The fundraiser has raised over $55,000, and hundreds are expected to attend memorial events including a service at Newcastle Memorial Park and funeral rites at a local Gurudwara.
- Police labeled the incident senseless and emphasized community rejection of the violence, while the bereaved family continues to grieve the sudden loss.
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'He was a good boy': family mourns tragic loss of son
The Sikh community will farewell a teenager who was fatally shot in an incident at a beach car...
·Canberra, Australia
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Justice plea as heartbroken family farewells slain son
Wails, tears and calls for justice rang loud as a grief-stricken family and community farewelled an ambitious teenager shot dead at a beach. Ekampreet Singh Sahni, 18, was allegedly killed by a man who police say got out of his vehicle, opened fire on the victim and fled in a white SUV. The teen had been hanging out with friends at the car park of a Newcastle beach about 10 minutes drive from his home. Paramedics treated him for a gunshot wound …
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