A 45-year-old Indian woman was shot and killed at the supermarket in Virginia where she had been working for years. The killing of Meghnaben Patel in the morning of May 23, who was originally from India's Gujarat, was caught on CCTV inside the store. In the video, the attacker with his face covered could be seen approaching the counter where Meghnaben Patel was working. After a short while, the man put his hands in his pockets and pulled out a gun, and shot her. The shooter then scattered some items around the store as he fired multiple shots and fled.
Local reports from Virginia reported a deadly shooting at Fat Philly's convenience store, where a female clerk was shot dead, though the reports did not identify the victim. They said the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute between a stepfather and a stepson and had nothing to do with the convenience store or the clerk who was shot dead.