NRI with Mehsana roots shot dead in US had taken over store only a week ago

Suresh Patel, a 56-year-old man from Gujarat, was shot dead in his store in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, on August 20, according to a local leader from his home village in Mehsana district. Patel had recently taken over the liquor store, 'Ridgecrest Cellars Wine & Spirits', only a week prior to the incident, said Dinesh Suthar, a resident of Akhaj village in Mehsana taluka.

Patel, who was the youngest of six brothers, had migrated to the US years ago and was the only surviving family member. The shooting took place during the store's closing hours, and Patel's 19-year-old daughter was present at the time of the incident. The suspect, described as a black male wearing a gray hoodie, jeans, black work-style boots, and a paintball-style mask, fled the scene in a white sedan. Patel's funeral rites will be held in the US, where all his family members reside.