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A chilling CCTV video has emerged showing the moment an African-American man shot Indian-origin motel manager Rakesh Patel at point-blank range outside the Pittsburgh Motel in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania. The footage, now circulating in local media, shows Patel calmly stepping out of the motel to check on a disturbance — seconds before being fatally shot in the head.

According to the criminal complaint and footage reviewed by police, Patel, 50, had walked out after hearing a commotion involving a couple in the motel’s parking lot on October 3, 2025. The video shows him approaching the armed suspect and asking, “Are you alright, bud?” Moments later, the man, identified as Stanley Eugene West (37), raised his gun and shot Pate

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