Venkat Kattamanchi, a native of Chittoor district aged 35 years working as a software engineer in Detroit is shot dead after being chased by Mexican gangsters, late Thursday night. As per information available, Venkat Kattamanchi had issued an advertisement in one of the e-business websites a week back to sell of his mobile phone.
As a response to the ad, Venkat was contacted by a Mexican woman and expressed her willingness to buy it. So, both of them met on Thursday night and Venkat delivered the mobile to her. Few hours after, Venkat got a call from the woman who invited him to come down to a local restaurant where he was attacked by five Mexicans including this woman. Although Venkat’s wallet and valuables are looted, he ran for his life to a nearby motel. With no help offered by motel staff, Venkat ran for his life but minutes later, gun shots were heard and Venkat is already dead.
As locals alerted the police who rushed to spot and caught the culprits but Venkat is no more.