A 29-year-old newly wedded Indian-origin man was shot dead in front of his wife in a suspected road rage incident in the US state of Indiana, police and media reports said. The incident happened when Gavin Dasaur was on his way home with his Mexican wife. Indianapolis Police Department (IMPD) Officer Amanda Hibschman said officers responded to a report of a person shot just after 8 pm on Tuesday last week at an intersection on Indy city's southeast side.
Arriving officers said they found a man on the ground in the middle of the road suffering from at least one gunshot wound. The man's wife identified the shooting victim. "I held him as he bled out and I was waiting for the ambulance," the victim's widow, Viviana ZaMora told The Indianapolis Star. Dasaur, reported to be hailing from Agra, and Viviana ZaMora, had just got married on June 29, a little over two weeks before his death.
A dispute erupted between Gavin and a pickup truck driver over overtaking, following which the truck driver opened fire at him, according to Gavin’s family. Gavin had been living in the US since 2016. After completing a diploma in mechanical engineering in 2018, he started his own transport business.The father alleges that his son's murder was a result of road rage and despite the assailant being present, the police did not arrest him.
Gavin's wife, in her statement, called for a thorough investigation and demanded the death penalty for the pickup truck driver. Expressing his grief, a teary Pawan Dasaur said the family was looking forward to Gavin returning to India on July 29, but now, his mother will return to Agra with his ashes.