Man of Indian descent killed in “road rage” incident in the USA in front of his wife. Investigations suggest shooting in “self-defense”

A 29-year-old newlywed of Indian descent was shot dead in front of his wife in the US state of Indiana this week, according to police and media reports. The incident occurred when Gavin Dasaur was returning home with his Mexican wife.

Another driver at the scene captured video of the incident, showing Dasaur, driving a black Honda, getting out of his car at an intersection and yelling in frustration at the driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck, Fox News reports.

A pistol is visible in Dasaur’s right hand. As he approaches the driver’s side of the pickup truck, Dasaur, gun in hand, bangs on the truck’s door. He then takes the gun in his left hand while simultaneously raising his right hand to the truck’s window. The driver of the pickup then shoots him three times. Dasaur immediately falls to the ground. The gunman does not leave his vehicle once during the confrontation, which lasted a full seven seconds.

Indianapolis Police Department (IMPD) Officer Amanda Hibschman said officers responded to a report of a shooting at an intersection in southeast Indianapolis shortly after 8 p.m. last Tuesday.

When police arrived, they found a man lying in the middle of the street with at least one gunshot wound. The man’s wife identified the victim. “I held him as he bled to death and waited for the ambulance,” Viviana ZaMora, the victim’s widow, told the Indianapolis Star.

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Hibschman said the suspected shooter was arrested at the scene. “Following further investigation and after consultation with the Marion County District Attorney’s Office, the subject was released,” police said, suggesting the shooter may have acted in self-defense.

IMPD said the investigation into the shooting and the alleged incident of DUI is ongoing. Dasaur’s wife condemned the shooting and mourned the loss of her husband. “He was a hard-working man who always went out of his way to help others and who wanted to give the world to me and his family,” she told the Indianapolis Star.