Almost a week after a Gujarati woman, identified as Kiran Patel, was shot dead on September 16 in Southern California, the officials have arrested and charged a suspect.
21-year-old Zaedan Mack Hill was arrested in connection with two shooting incidents that took place on the same day, September 16.
On September 16, police had discovered two people–Charles Nathan Crosby in a yard on South Mountain Street, Union County, South Carolina and Kiran Patel, 49, in the parking lot of DD’s Food Mart.
According to a post by GoFundMe, the incident happened on September 16 at nearly 10:30 PM. Kiran was shot while counting cash at the register of the gas station-cum-convenience store.
Kiran Patel was an Indian-origin Gujarati woman.
“During the firing, Kiran
Patel threw something like a plastic bottle at the robber and ran away, and the robber also ran after her,” the account posted on GoFundMe said.
It added,”The robber continued to fire at Kiran Patel, who ran towards the parking lot to save her life, and during this time, she was hit by a bullet and fell down after going barely twenty feet away.”
On Thursday, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, along with SWAT and Union Public Safety, arrived at a residence on South Church Street carrying a search and arrest warrant for Hill. A standoff unfolded between Hill and the authorities, lasting several hours. Eventually, SWAT and other officers were able to bring Hill out of the house. He was subsequently booked into Union County Jail and charged with murder.
