BY NATE CHUTE, WOCHIT
LOS ANGELES (Austin American Statesman) — Days after Austin police identified Dr. Bharat Narumanchi as the man behind a hostage standoff in Central Austin that ended in his suicide and the death of pediatrician Dr. Lindley Dodson, a 43-year-old mother of three, his exact motives are still unknown.
But interviews with colleagues and witnesses indicate that terminal illness and a desire to be closer to family members brought him to Austin.
Obstetrician Dr. H. Joseph Khan was a colleague of Narumanchi’s at Paramount Care Medical Group in Santa Ana, Calif., before the pediatrician came to Austin six months ago, he said.