Lucky Casino Winner Stalked Home, Murdered By Stranger After Netting $10,000 Prize

A pharmaceutical executive met his tragic end after he was shot and killed inside his New Jersey home the same night he won a whopping $10,000 at a Pennsylvania casino on Tuesday.

The assailant, Jekai Reid-John, 27, of Norristown, has been charged with first-degree murder following the death of Sree Aravapalli, 54, on Tuesday after he attempted to rob the victim, who just got $10,000 richer after a lucky night at the Parx Casino outside of Philadelphia.

In a news release, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said Reid-John began his deadly pursuit after the target decided to call it a night and drive himself home to Plainsboro, which is roughly 50 miles away from the Street Road casino, the Daily Beast reported.

Investigators said surveillance footage from a farmstand revealed the moment Reid-John was driving his white BMW while trailing closely behind Aravapalli’s vehicle in the wee hours of Tuesday when the victim entered the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Once Aravapalli got off the Turnpike at 3:20 a.m. and arrived home, Reid-John allegedly decided to sneak his way in through a sliding door and shoot Aravapalli multiple times in an attempted robbery.

Responding officers arrived at the home around 3:38 a.m. following a 911 call from neighbors, according to Bucks County Courier Times.

Emergency crews quickly transported the patient to a local hospital but the man would later succumb to his injuries. The victim's wife and daughter reportedly left the scene unscathed as they were sleeping upstairs at the time.

“It’s crazy,” Sheeza Khan, Aravapalli’s neighbor, told the media. “I mean, unbelievable. Like how can somebody follow him all the way, and come here and kill him in the night? It’s so shocking.”

Meanwhile, police arrested the suspect in Pennsylvania after tracking him down to a Norristown, Pennsylvania, address, where they found the white BMW, which has a temporary Delaware registration, Law and Crime noted.

“We are deeply saddened by the report that earlier this week a customer of Parx Casino was the victim of a homicide at his home after returning from a visit to the casino,” Parx CEO Eric Hausler wrote in a statement. “Our sincere condolences go out to the family and friends of the victim at this incredibly difficult time.”