Rakesh Ehagaban, a 51-year-old motel owner of Indian origin, was shot dead on Friday in Pennsylvania after he stepped out to investigate a disturbance outside his property.

The incident occurred when Ehagaban reportedly asked the suspect, “Are you alright, bud?” — prompting the man to fatally shoot him in the head.

The gunman, identified as 37-year-old Stanley Eugene West, was a guest at the motel and had been staying there for about two weeks with a woman and a child.

Woman shot before motel owner

Prior to Ehagaban’s death, West allegedly shot a woman — believed to be his partner — in the neck while she was sitting in a car with a child in the parking lot. Despite her injuries, the woman managed to drive to a nearby auto repair shop, where she was found and rushed to the hospital in c

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