Aishwarya Thatikonda was one of the eight victims of the shooting at Allen Premium Outlets. She was 26 and had been working as an engineer in Frisco.
In the days since her death, Thatikonda’s large wooden desk in her Frisco office transformed from a home base for managing construction projects to a makeshift memorial, covered in bouquets of red roses and orchids. A celebration for a recently-completed project was canceled.Thatikonda worked for more than two years at Chaluvadi’s contracting firm, Perfect General Contractors LLC, in an unassuming red brick building on Punjab Way.
In this undated photo provided by Srinivas Chaluvadi, Chaluvadi, right, founder of Perfect General Contractors, poses with Aishwarya Thatikonda, a civil engineer at the company. Thatikonda was among the victims of Saturday's mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets mall. “She was very good at managing complex and stressful situations,” said Krishna Chaluvadi, 36, son of Srinivas and part owner of the contracting firm. “She used to make complex things look or seem easy.”Ashok Kolla received the first call around 10 p.m. Saturday. A cousin of his friend had beenCalls like these are common for Kolla. As treasurer of the, he often serves as the connection between families in India and the large Telugu community in North Texas.
The medical examiner’s office staff asked for details: Did Thatikonda have any scars? What was she wearing? Did she have on any jewelry? Kolla called the medical examiner’s office first thing Monday morning, pleading with them to release Thatikonda’s body. Within 20 minutes, Kolla said, her body was ready to be picked up.
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