Kansas, Missouri governors slam senseless violence

The Kansas gover nor and his counterpart in Mis souri have strongly condemned the shooting incident that resulted in the death of an Indian engineer this week.

“This sort of senseless violence is never acceptable. Law enforce ment here in Kansas will con tinue to thoroughly investigate this crime,” the Kansas governor Sam Brownback said.

“The friends and family of Srinivas Kuchibhotla are in our prayers. We hope for a speedy recovery for the other men who were shot,” Brownback said.

The Missouri governor, Eric Greitens, thanked his state law enforcement official for arresting the shooter who had fled the Kan sas city after shooting the two Indian men.

“It is alleged that, when the suspect went into the bar, he shouted ‘get out of my country before firing his weapon. We wil learn the truth of what happened in the bar soon enough, but what we can say for certain is this: this hate has no place in our state,” Greitens said.

“This violence has no place in our state. And if you are a violent criminal who harms the inno cent, you will find no quarter in our state,” he asserted.

After the shooting, the suspect fled across the Kansas border into Missouri.