Three people of Indian origin found dead in a home in Washington State

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Three Indian-origin people were found dead after a shooting at a house in Newcastle town in the state of Washington, The Seattle Times reported, citing the King County medical examiner’s office.

King County sheriff’s spokesperson Brandyn Hull said Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call around 7 pm on April 24 at a town home off 129th Place Southeast. According to the report in the US media outlet, detectives found blood on the front window and a lone hollow point bullet in the street.

Shwetha Panyam (41) and Dhruva Kikkeri (14) died from gunshot injuries. Deaths of Panyam and Dhruva were classified as homicide, while Harshavardhana Kikkeri died from a self-inflicted wound, according to the medical examiner’s office. On May 1, detectives from the King County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that all three belonged to the same family, Komonews.com reported. Their elder son was not home and survived the ordeal.

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Harshvardhan Kikkeri, originally from Mysore, was the CEO of a robotics company named Holoworld, and his wife Shweta Panyam was the co-founder. News reports revealed the couple had gone back to India in 2017 to establish the company, which then folded during the Covid pandemic. The couple returned to the U.S. in 2022.

Hull said she could not make a statement on whether the case was believed to be a murder-suicide, The Seattle Times reported. In a statement on Monday, April 28, she said, “An investigation such as this takes time, and our detectives are working diligently to try and piece together what led to this incident.”

“Until this work concludes, the Sheriff’s Office won’t have any further updates,” she added.

Homeowner Association President Alex Gumina said a family of four — a husband, wife and their two sons — lived in the home and mostly kept to themselves, The Seattle Times reported.

The sheriff’s office did not release any other information, including any sign of motive or the relationship that the deceased shared.

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