ATLANTA(TIP): A man from Vadodara, Gujarat, settled in the US was shot dead in Atlanta on June 9 evening.

Forty-eight-year-old Harikrishna alias Harish Mistry was shot thrice by an African-American man near his store at about 4pm.

Police are yet to make an arrest in the case. Mistry moved to Atlanta with his family about 15 years ago and ran a gas-station-cum-store. “Our relatives in the US informed us about the killing on Sunday morning,” said Dilip Mistry, a cousin of the deceased.

“We were told that Harikrishna was leaving his store when the attack occurred. Our relatives said the man who shot Harikrishna used to work at his store and was pulled up for misconduct a few days ago.”

Harikrishna Mistry is survived by his wife Sheetal and two children — Nancy, 19, and Nayan, 4.

Mistry’s two sisters are also settled in the US.