An Indian origin motel manager was shot dead in the head at point-blank range on Friday (October 3) after he stepped out to hear a commotion outside the Pittsburgh Motel in Robinson.

The incident took place when the victim, Rakesh Ehagaban, 51, asked a man, identified as Stanley Eugene West, 37, wielding a gun, “Are you alright, bud?”

According to police, CCTV footage showed West walking towards Rakesh and then shooting him in the head at point-blank range. Rakesh died on the spot. “As (West) gets within feet of Ehagaban, he raised his firearm and shot him in the head,” stated the police complaint as quoted by Trib Live.

Accused shot his female companion

Police said that West had shot a female companion as she was trying to drive away from the motel on Friday afternoon. The woman was d

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