Washington DC, Oct. 17 -- US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi broke down as he recalled an attempted mass shooting targeting Indian Americans at a Hindu temple in Aurora, Illinois. He said that the shooter's gun jammed and his family, who were present there, escaped.

A 19-year-old, identified as Alexandros Paporakis, was arrested for allegedly making a terrorist threat and unlawful possession of a weapon after he allegedly plotted a mass shooting targeting the Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in Aurora, near Chicago.

Recalling the incident, Krishnamoorthi said, "I don't know how the shooter's gun jammed. I don't know how my family & others escaped. I don't know how I happened to be there, but I believe that one purpose was so I cou...