An Indian-origin tech entrepreneur from Mysuru allegedly shot and killed his spouse and certainly one of his sons earlier than taking his personal life at their house in Newcastle, Washington, on April 24.
The victims have been recognized as Harshavardhana S Kikkeri, 57, his spouse Shwetha Panyam, 44, and their 14-year-old son. The household had been dwelling within the US for a number of years, The Renton Reporter famous.
In response to the King County Sheriff’s Workplace, deputies responded to a 911 name on the night of April 24 and found three our bodies contained in the household’s townhouse within the 7000 block of 129th Road SE.
Harshavardhana’s spouse Shwetha and their son died from gunshot wounds and their deaths have been dominated as homicides, whereas he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, which was labeled as a suicide, the King County Sheriff’s Workplace reported.
The motive behind the crime is but to be revealed. The couple’s youthful son survived the incident.
Native neighbors have been surprised. “A younger household lived within the house,” mentioned Cathy Dunbar in an interview with KOMO Information. Deputies remained on the scene till early morning hours following the invention.
Who’s Harshavardhana S Kikkeri?
Harshavardhana, initially from Kikkeri village in Karnataka’s Mandya district, was CEO of HoloWorld, a now-closed robotics firm primarily based in Mysuru.
He co-founded HoloWorld along with his spouse in 2017 after transferring again to India. The corporate, which centered on AI and robotics and was shut down in 2022.
Harshavardhana, a graduate of Sri Jayachamarajendra Faculty of Engineering in Mysuru had earlier labored with Microsoft in US, specializing in robotics.
