Universities in mourning after fatal shooting of 26-year-old Indian doctoral student inside a car in Ohio

Aaditya Adlakha, 26, succumbed to his injuries at the UC Medical Center two days after he was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a vehicle that had crashed into a wall on November 9.

The incident has been termed as “sudden, tragic and senseless” by the medical school, which issued a statement expressing its condolences to his family and friends. The Indian doctoral student was described as “much-loved, exceedingly kind and humorous, intelligent and sharp, whose research was described as novel and transformative” by Andrew Filak, the Senior Vice President of Health Affairs and Dean of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.

According to several local media reports, the police were alerted by ShotSpotter, a gunfire locator service, about shots fired in the area around 6:20 am. They also received calls from drivers who saw a vehicle with bullet holes and a person inside who had been shot.