India, March 3 -- An Indian-origin student was among the two people killed in a mass shooting outside a popular bar in Austin, Texas, early Sunday morning. The Austin Police Department confirmed that 21-year-old Savitha Shan died after a gunman opened fire outside Buford's Backyard Beer Garden, located near the intersection of West Sixth Street and Rio Grande Street, just miles from the campus of The University of Texas at Austin.

Russ Finney, Assistant Professor at the McCombs School of Business, remembered Savitha as one of the institution's brightest students. "Savitha was one of our superstar students at the UT Austin McCombs school of business - she was set to graduate this May, and then she was on to start her career at a big profe...