NEW YORK – A Bangladeshi PhD student was shot dead at a gas station where he was working as a clerk in the US state of Louisiana, the media reported on Sunday. The victim, Md Firoz-Ul-Amin Real, 29, was a student at the Louisiana State University, reports bdnews24.
Detectives responded to a shooting that occurred at 3.30 a.m. on Saturday at the Mr Lucky’s Valero Gas Station in East Baton Rouge, the police said in a statement.
A man entered the building and shot Firoz before robbing the store. Firoz was pronounced dead at the scene, the statement added.
