A toddler and a woman were killed in an apparent murder-suicide at a Dallas home Saturday morning, Aug. 9, police said in a news release. Officers responded about 2:10 a.m. to a shooting in the 1900 block of Dudley Street, , police said.
The preliminary investigation determined that 53-year-old Lalit Pradhan fatally shot the two victims, who were known to him, police said. Police said when officers arrived, they discovered Pradhan suffering from an apparent gunshot wound and several lacerations. He was taken to a local hospital where he died, police said. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the two victims as 3-year-old Pranish Pradhan and 37-year-old Ranjana Shrestha.
Police have not released details about the suspect’s relationship to the victims or the circumstances that led to the shooting. The investigation is ongoing, Dallas police said.
Vijay Bhusal, General Secretary of the Nepali Society in Texas, informed that Lalit was a Nepali-speaking Bhutanese, and his wife was of Nepali origin. He also mentioned that efforts are being made to send the bodies to Nepal.
