(RTTNews) -  A gunman is reported to have shot dead an Indian-born cash clerk in a mid-western Kansas city store in the US State of Missouri during a robbery even after he had complied with the instructions of the gunman to hand over his register's cash in a bag.

The Kansas City police have identified the convenience store clerk killed in the robbery on Wednesday as Gurpreet Singh, 35. Singh was working his final shift at the store before moving on next week to a full-time job at St. Joseph Health Center as kitchen supervisor. He leaves behind his wife and two children aged 7 and 9.

The holdup was recorded on the surveillance camera of the store that shows the gunman and his accomplices, a man standing next to him and a woman who stood near the store's entrance.

As the gunman left the store, he fired a single shot into Singh's abdomen. Singh called 911 about 1:10 a.m. (0610 GMT), after the intruder fled, then collapsed on the floor. He later died in surgery.

Police are trying to determine the robber's identity and those of two people who were in the store at the time of the shooting incident.

"He didn't put up a struggle at all," said homicide detective Jeff Cowdrey. "He did what he was supposed to do and got shot for it."

by RTT Staff Writer

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