A pediatrician died hostage at Texas Children’s Hospital

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Pediatrician in terminal illness Bharat Narumanchi killed himself and another pediatrician, Lindley Dodson, during a hostage situation at a pediatric medical center in Texas on Tuesday.

According to investigators, the case is considered a murder-suicide. Narumanchi was diagnosed with terminal cancer and had only weeks to live. said police.

Narumanchi applied to volunteer at the medical center a week before the attack, which was the first and only time Dodson and Narumanchi had contact, according to authorities.

“Dr. Dodson never had direct contact with this man until yesterday, “said Victoria Ishaak, a center employee at the time of the incident. he told the Austin American-Statesman.

There were five hostages at the start of the incident. Some escaped and others Narumanchi let go. Dodson was the only one forced to stay.

“They were released because they were not doctors,” Ishaak said. “This guy didn’t want anything to do with anyone other than a doctor.”

There was a long confrontation with Austin police SWAT officers who tried to make contact with Narumanchi during the situation. Officers finally entered and found Dodson dead by a firearm, along with Narumanchi.

“We are beyond the devastation of the tragic, sudden and meaningless loss of our beloved Lindley. As a dedicated mother, wife, daughter, friend and pediatrician, she radiated light, love and joy in everything she did and with everyone she touched, ”Dodson’s family said in a statement: KVUE has reported.

Representative from Texas Lloyd DoggettLloyd Alton Doggett: An attack on the United States that is divided in Congress – and a police from the nation’s Capitol says reports of an officer’s death are wrong. (D) tweeted his condolences for Dodson, who had cared for his grandchildren.

It is not clear why Narumanchi did what he did, but the authorities did speculating that his diagnosis of terminal illness played an important role.

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