Indian student, 23, charged for killing grandparents, uncle in US

An Indian student has been charged with murder after shooting dead his grandparents and uncle in their New Jersey residence.

Om Brahmbhatt, 23, is facing three counts of first-degree murder for the fatal shootings at a condo in Middlesex County, New Jersey. Police were called to a South Plainfield home at about 9 am Monday after a report of gunfire, South Plainfield police said.

Dilipkumar Brahmbhatt, 72, and Bindu Brahmbhatt, 72, were pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. Yashkumar Brahmbhatt, 38, was taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead there.