Two Cox Elementary students, fourth-grader Daniela Mendoza and second-grader Sofia Mendoza, were killed in the Allen shooting Saturday.
Ashok Kolla, treasurer of the, spent Sunday identifying Thatikonda and is now working with her family to have her body brought back home. Kolla said he did not know Thatikonda, but that the Telugu Association of North America often helps families dealing with catastrophic events.
According to her LinkedIn, Thatikonda worked in Dallas as a project engineer at Perfect General Contractors LLC. She lived in McKinney. Myoung Joon Kim, head of the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Dallas, said his office has been in communication with the families of the victims who are of Korean descent.
John Jun, a co-founder of the Korean American Coalition of Dallas-Fort Worth, said he first learned multiple victims of the mass shooting were of Korean descent through Korean-language news outlets. Jun also attends New Song Church in Carrollton. Their mother, Ilda, remains in critical condition, according to an email from Wylie ISD Superintendent David Vinson.
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