A 27-year-old student from India, Praveen Kumar Gampa, has been found dead with bullet wounds in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was shot in what is believed to be a robbery at the store where he worked part-time, according to The Indian Express.
The Indian Consulate General in Chicago expressed their condolences in a post on X. “We are deeply saddened by the untimely death of Praveen Kumar Gampa, a postgraduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The consulate is offering all possible support. Our heartfelt condolences and prayers are with his family and friends,” the post said.
We are saddened by the untimely death of Praveen Kumar Gampa, a Post-graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The Consulate is in contact with Praveen's family and the University, helping them with all possible support. Our heartfelt condolences and prayers are…
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Who was Praveen Kumar Gampa?
Praveen was from Keshampet mandal in Telangana’s Rangareddy district. He was a second-year MS student in Data Science at the University of Wisconsin. He moved to the United States in August 2023 after finishing his BTech in Hyderabad. In December last year, he visited India and then returned to the US on January 20, 2025.
“He was going to finish his course in four months and was planning to start a regular job and settle down,” said Praveen’s father, Raghavulu, to the media.
Praveen’s father said he missed a WhatsApp call from a US number at 2:50 am on Wednesday. “We tried calling our son in the morning, but he didn’t answer. When we called again, someone else picked up and asked for his date of birth. At first, we thought it was a fake call. Later, we heard from his friends that they also got calls asking them to come to the scene. The police told us that Praveen was shot by attackers. They first said it was with a private gun, then a store gun, and even mentioned it happened near a beach. Later, they sent us an FIR saying it happened at a store,” he added.
The family has been told by US authorities that the cause of death will be determined after an autopsy.
