Texas: Sikh law-enforcement officer Sandeep Dhaliwal, 42, was shot multiple times during a traffic stop in the US state of Texas on Saturday.
Dhaliwal, Sikh Harris County Sheriff’s deputy pulled over a vehicle when someone approached him from behind and opened fire near Cypress city, the Houston Chronicle quoted Sheriff Ed Gonzalez as saying.
He was immediately airlifted to the Memorial Hermann Hospital but succumbed to death. Authorities detained a possible suspect.
According to the media report, the dashcam video shows Dhaliwal and the suspect, still in his car, having a conversation with no sign of confrontation. A few seconds after Dhaliwal returned to his squad car, the suspect ran up and shot him.
Dhaliwal worked with United Sikhs, a global humanitarian relief and advocacy nonprofit, to help organize the donation of truckloads of supplies for first responders after Harvey.
