India, Oct. 6 -- An Indian-origin motel manager was shot dead at point-blank range in Pittsburgh on Friday after stepping outside to check on a disturbance, police said.

The victim, identified as 51-year-old Rakesh Ehagaban, reportedly tried to intervene in an alleged dispute outside his motel and asked the gunman, "Are you alright, bud?" before being shot and killed instantly.

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The Allegheny County Police Department said in a Facebook post that emergency services were notified at 1:04 p.m. of a shooting on the 4200 block of Steubenville Pike in Robinson Township. Ehagaban was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police identified...