Norfolk, VA, May 26, 2026 — An Indian-origin woman from Gujarat was shot and killed while working at a Virginia convenience store after a man who had allegedly shot his stepfather during a domestic dispute entered the business and opened fire, according to police and local reports.
Meghnaben Patel, 45, was working at Fat Philly’s convenience store at 2700 Azalea Garden Road in Norfolk when the shooting occurred on the morning of May 23. Patel had reportedly worked at the store for the past 10 years.
Police said the sequence of events began around 8:13 a.m. when officers responded to a home in the 3100 block of Blackwood Avenue following reports of a domestic dispute involving a stepson and stepfather…