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from the thanks-for-all-the-inspiration,-trump dept.

AlterNet reports [alternet.org]

White Kansas Man Spewing Racial Slurs Shoots Indians He Thought Were "Middle Eastern"

"Alok Madasani and Srinivas Kuchibhotla, both employees at Garmin, were enjoying their evening at a local sports bar in Olathe, KS when they were confronted with racist, bigoted remarks and ultimately shot as part of what appears to have been a vicious hate crime", says [a] GoFundMe page [gofundme.com] for the victims.

[...][Both were] engineers on the aviation systems team.

[...][A] third victim has been identified as Ian Grillot. He was shot in the hand and shoulder. A GoFundMe page [gofundme.com] set up for him narrated the incident: "Ian found himself in the wrong place trying to be a helping hand. Ian stood up for two people being mistreated by a man who was in the wrong. Said man left and later returned to Austins Bar and Grill to open fire. Ian thought all rounds were done and tried to go after the man. This resulted in Ian being shot."

[...]Adam Purinton allegedly opened fire on three people at a bar in Olathe, Kansas on [February 22]. One man was killed, while the other two were seriously injured.

Witnesses told local media [kansascity.com] that Purinton had spewed racial slurs and shouted, "Get out of my country!" before attacking the men.

Purinton, a 51-year-old Olathe resident and Navy veteran, was arrested early [the next] morning while drinking at a bar in an Applebee's in Clinton, Missouri. According to the bartender, Purinton told him he needed a place to hide out after killing two "Middle Eastern" men. Upon hearing this, the bartender called the police, who took the suspected shooter into custody.

[...]Adherents of the Sikh religion, who are not Muslim, are frequently targeted in anti-Muslim hate crimes by violent bigots.

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