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Rohit Rohit crossed the southern border illegally into Arizona in August 2023, where U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested him and later released him into the country, according to the Department of Homeland Security, three years before the 22-year-old fatally shot a woman he had stalked for months outside an Arden Arcade restaurant.
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DHS blamed the Biden administration for Rohit’s release following his 2023 arrest and criticized sanctuary policies after Tuesday’s fatal daylight shooting of 38-year-old Shalini Thakur outside a Howe Avenue shopping complex. Rohit later fatally shot himself inside his car on Highway 50.
“This illegal alien from India harassed, stalked, and then killed a 38-year-old woman in California, and then took his own life when police caught up to him,” a department spokesperson said in the Friday statement. “Sanctuary politicians must put an end to reckless policies that play Russian roulette with American lives. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victim and her family.”
In its statement, Homeland Security officials did not say why Rohit was released following his arrest or provide details about his immigration case.
Thakur and Rohit worked at separate businesses but had been friends for a couple of years before Rohit’s behavior became increasingly bizarre and menacing in January, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office officials said.
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Rohit attached an Apple AirTag to Thakur’s vehicle to track her activity, deflated a tire and followed her to work so he could offer to help her. He also left random deliveries at the woman’s doorstep.
On one occasion, Rohit obtained Thakur’s apartment key and entered her residence while she slept, Sheriff’s Office officials said. The afternoon of the slaying, Rohit waited for her to arrive in the Howe Avenue parking lot, where he chased her down and shot her multiple times in front of witnesses before firing a final shot at close range.
Sheriff’s detectives urged Thakur to file for a restraining order after she reported the increasingly disturbing incidents in March. She did so in May. Rohit violated the court order by making the phantom door deliveries in July but was not arrested, Sheriff’s Office officials said.
Rohit had no criminal history, Sheriff’s Office officials said. It was not known how he obtained a firearm.
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