Updated: 29 Jan 2021, 17:57 Invalid Date, A DOCTOR suspected of shooting dead a pediatrician in an apparent murder-suicide was terminally ill and had returned to Texas to be with family following his diagnosis, a colleague claims. Dr Bharat Narumanchi, who was stricken with cancer, allegedly took Dr Katherine Lindley Dodson hostage at Children’s Medical Group in Austin, and killed her and himself after a six-hour-long standoff, according to cops. 9 9 9 Police begin to enter a building as they respond to the hostage situation at a doctor's office.Credit: AP:Associated Press 9 A door at the Children's Medical Group is sealed shut, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2021.Credit: AP:Associated Press