Guwahati, March 23 -- A 56-year-old Indian-origin man and a 24-year-old woman were shot dead at a convenience store in Virginia in the United States of America, said an agency on Sunday.

Reports stated that the police have identified the victims as Pradeep Patel and his daughter Urmi from Gujarat's Mehsana district of India.

Pradeep Patel, his wife Hansaben, and their daughter Urmi are from Gujarat's Mehsana district and moved to the US six years ago. They had been working at the convenience store at Lankford Highway in Accomack County on the Eastern shore of Virginia, owned by a relative, Paresh Patel.

Pradip Kumar Patel and his daughter were working at the store when the shooting incident happened, the report said.

Police pronounced...