PIO shot in US during robbery bid at her store

Ahmedabad: A 49-year-old woman with roots in Gujarat was allegedly shot dead during a robbery attempt at her convenience store in Union county, South Carolina, late Tuesday night.

Police said they received a call around 10.30pm about a man firing shots outside DD's Food Mart on South Pinckney Street that Kiran Patel ran for years. When officers arrived, they found Patel lying unresponsive in the parking lot with gunshot wounds.

Emergency medical services later confirmed her death . The Union county coroner's office confirmed Patel's identity

Investigators said surveillance video captured the sequence of events - a masked man entered the store with a gun and demanded money from Patel, who was alone in the store. During the confrontation, the assailant fired a shot, and Patel tried to protect herself by throwing something at him. The robber then climbed onto the cash register counter and fired multiple rounds. tnn