Indian student shot dead by robber

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — An Indian student from Telangana doing a master’s program in California was shot dead on the night of February 11in San Francisco, in an alleged robbery that went awry.

Vamsi Reddy Mamidala, 24, of Warangal was doing MS at a university in California, and was also working in a store for part time. When he was going home from work on the fateful night, a man reportedly tried to rob him off.

As Vamsi tried to resist, the white man, believed by the police to be under the influence of drugs, shot the young Telugu guy with a gun that he was carrying.

Police officers from the US called up the family in Warangal and informed about their son’s killing.

The perpetrator escaped and the police are currently searching for him. Doubts are being expressed that the killing might not be just a robbery-turned-homicide but a racism-influenced crime.

Mamidala had recently completed his MS course in Computer Science and was looking for software jobs in the area while working part-time in a store.

His parents live in Vangapahad village in Hasanparthy mandal of Warangal district. He went to the US in 2014 after completing a B.Tech degree in Vathsalya Institute of Science & Technology located at Bhongir in Nalgonda.