<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<h3 class="m_3279155096841459079gmail-r" style="font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">A US Navy veteran today pleaded guilty to the murder of Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas City last year that drew international attention. Adam Purinton pleaded guilty before a Kansas court. He was charged with first-degree murder of Kuchibhotla and two counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shootings of his friend, Alok Madasani, and a bystander, who chased Purinton after he fled.&nbsp;</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;"><br />''</div>''<div style="font-size: 12.8px; font-weight: 400; white-space: normal;">He was also charged with hate crime. Purinton faces life in prison with no chance of parole for 50 years when he is sentenced on May 4 for premeditated first-degree murder.Kuchibhotla and Madasani worked as engineers at Garmin, a tech company that makes GPS devices. The murder generated immense outrage in India.&nbsp;</div></h3></div>