On February 22, 2017, 52-year- old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton entered a bar in Kansas City and started shooting, killing Srinivas Kuchibhotla, injuring his friend -- also an Indian. On May 4, 2018, Adam Purinton was sentenced to life in prison. Purinton received maximum punishment for the murder and two sentences of 165 months each for the attempted murders. Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s wife Dumala in US court had submitted a statement read into the court record in which she described the night of her husband’s murder and the knock at the front door by police that brought her the life-changing news