Updated: 1:57 PM PST, February 02, 2021
Dr. Bharat Narumanchi was armed when he arrived to the Children’s Medical Group in Austin, Texas on Tuesday afternoon. He shot Dr. Lindley Dodson during an hours-long hostage situation before turning the gun on himself.
A violent hostage situation at the Children’s Medical Group in Austin, Texas ended with the tragic killing of Dr. Lindley Dodson, a beloved pediatrician. The suspect, Dr. Bharat Narumanchi, who was terminally ill, allegedly walked into the offices armed with a pistol, a shot gun and two duffel bags, and killed Dodson before turning the gun on himself, taking his own life, authorities said.