Hostage Situation - 1900 Block of West 35th Street (Jackson Ave.) Near Mopac

[Anastasis 23469]

Who knows right now honestly?  Odds on it being a surly poster trending though. 

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

Reddit says something big just went down.  Blasts and such.

 

[40acredropout 2902]

Shit-  "Multiple loud explosions just sounded at the doc’s office. APD announced it would be sending a robot in, seconds later a loud blast and what sounded like multiple shots.  Silence since. Scene now"

 

[BrazilHorn 6591]

Just now, DalTxHornFan said:

Reddit says something big just went down.  Blasts and such.

 

Not sure if it was gunfire I heard but something went off. 
I’m about a mile away from that office and definitely heard something strange but who knows. 

[Mappable 37]

I heard it from the 2nd floor of my house just off Enfield.  
sounded like distant fireworks going off. 

[gsoda3 3256]

Complete speculation, but loud blast could be flash bang and then swat shot the hostage taker?

[Orange&White 5524]

I was I was just about to post this guess as well

Edited January 27, 2021 by Orange&White

[swraith 346]

Fuck. This is my kids pedi office and the alleged hostage is our actual doc. 
 

Scary shit.

[The Royal We 3072]

Jesus. 

[4th_and_18 687]

Both dead per APD

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

It looks to be over based upon the KXAN reporter's tweets:  

 

[4th_and_18 687]

No ID of either person. Other than saying one is from the premises and one is not.

[wreckatx 141]

Hearing from friends right now that the hostage and the hostage taker are both dead. Hostage was a very well liked pediatrician and has three young kids. Terrible.

[The Royal We 3072]

Dammit. That’s terrible. 

[40acredropout 2902]

Fuck.  Hard one to stomach. 

My condolences to those of you who sound like you might have known the victim.   Can't imagine what that family is going through.  

[4th_and_18 687]

Per APD news conference when the robot made entry the hostage was seen on camera and appeared seriously wounded. SWAT entered immediately and the situation ended soon after. More info to come in morning. It sounded like several people behind the media were close to the victim judging from the crying and shrieking upon hearing the news.

[UnivTex34 1763]

Is the speculation that this is Dr. Dodson? She is not our pediatrician but she answered a call when our two week old kicked and took a header off the couch for our pediatricians 24 hour line. Got us in the fast lane to the cat scanner at Dell and called multiple times to check on us afterwards.

Edited January 27, 2021 by UnivTex34

[conVINCEd 21469]

Damn if true.  Every pediatrician I’ve ever met has been a first class human being.  You can make more money in another specialty, most choose that because they love kids.

[Anastasis 23469]

jesus. this is horrible.  sound like was one of the other names mentioned previously. 

[wreckatx 141]

11 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

Is the speculation that this is Dr. Dodson? She is not our pediatrician but she answered a call when our two week old kicked and took a header off the couch for our pediatricians 24 hour line. Got us in the fast lane to the cat scanner at Dell and called multiple times to check on us afterwards.

Yes.

[dcar00 14181]

just fucking awful.

[atomheartbevo 89656]

16 minutes ago, 4th_and_18 said:

Per APD news conference when the robot made entry the hostage was seen on camera and appeared seriously wounded. SWAT entered immediately and the situation ended soon after.

They went for 2+ hours without contact from the hostage taker.  If she was there wounded for hours, and they did nothing...

[Gucci_Suit 2644]

Yeah, the deceased has a few kids, 2 of which are friends with my kids. I live in Tarrytown and it was everything I could do to not grab my guns and do APD’s job for them. Community around here is not going to be well. Fuck. 

Edited January 27, 2021 by Gucci_Suit

[smoky 840]

Gut wenching

[CooterBrown 18007]

Dodson has 3 kids but her husband doesn’t appear to be a doctor. Holzman’s husband is a plastic surgeon and has 2 kids.

Maybe Holzman’s husband was holding Dodson hostage. That make the hostage taker being a doctor and the children count both correct.

[Gucci_Suit 2644]

16 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

Is the speculation that this is Dr. Dodson? She is not our pediatrician but she answered a call when our two week old kicked and took a header off the couch for our pediatricians 24 hour line. Got us in the fast lane to the cat scanner at Dell and called multiple times to check on us afterwards.

Affirmative

[immamac 42842]

fuck, I was hoping that this would end well.

[Gucci_Suit 2644]

Hostage taker also a doctor and apparently has brain cancer, but I don’t care. Fuck that guy. 

Fuck APD

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

9 minutes ago, immamac said:

fuck, I was hoping that this would end well.

Austin APD SWAT was apparently negotiating (using their cutting edge tactics and training) with dead people for the last three hours or so.

Edited January 27, 2021 by DalTxHornFan

[Gucci_Suit 2644]

Absolute malpractice by APD. Fuckstick leadership. 

[swraith 346]

I’m not one too put much stock in a literal “hell”, but I hope that hostage taker has some serious karmic suffering based on the amount of pain caused tonight. 

[immamac 42842]

wait so it took them 3 hours to figure out everyone was already dead before kicking in the door?

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

6 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Austin APD SWAT was apparently negotiating (using their cutting edge tactics and training) with dead people for the last three hours or so.

And you've got to think that all the local TV news producers are pissed that the story didn't get resolved in time to make the 10 pm news shows tonight!

 

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

2 minutes ago, immamac said:

wait so it took them 3 hours to figure out everyone was already dead before kicking in the door?

Yep.  The KXAN twitter feed had video of the negotiator commenting about how they hadn't heard from anybody inside for several hours.

[4th_and_18 687]

wait so it took them 3 hours to figure out everyone was already dead before kicking in the door?

And then they shot him again to be sure he was double dead.

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

1 minute ago, 4th_and_18 said:

And then they shot him again to be sure he was double dead.

This isn't Houston.

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 minute ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Yep.  The KXAN twitter feed had video of the negotiator commenting about how they hadn't heard from anybody inside for several hours.

Isn’t the more realistic scenario that she was already dead and he was alive and not answering the phone, and subsequently either offed himself or committed suicide by cop when SWAT breached?

[atomheartbevo 89656]

8 minutes ago, immamac said:

wait so it took them 3 hours to figure out everyone was already dead before kicking in the door?

KVUE reporter on the scene talked to cops/listened to the negotiator:

 

[atomheartbevo 89656]

One of the reporters said robot was sent in, saw the victim, then the SWAT went in.

[wreckatx 141]

28 minutes ago, Gucci_Suit said:

Yeah, the deceased has a few kids, 2 of which are friends with my kids. I live in Tarrytown and it was everything I could do to not grab my guns and do APD’s job for them. Wife is not well. Community around here is not going to be well. Fuck. 

In the same boat. Trying to comfort my wife right now. Our daughters are friends. She’s beside herself. Talking about how to talk to our daughter in the morning. Can’t imagine what the family is going through. 

[Updawg 2266]

Horrible

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

Listen to the family member's live and emotional reaction to first being informed of her death on live video.  Fuck APD.

Edited January 27, 2021 by DalTxHornFan

[Updawg 2266]

That’s terrible

[Helobious 9448]

3 minutes ago, DalTxHornFan said:

Listen to the family member's live and emotional reaction to first being informed of her death on live video.  Fuck APD.

I think those were media members, not family members.

[TenaciousTgarden 14]

This has been our pedi office since my oldest was born 7 yrs ago. Devastated. Pretty sure it was Dodson. 

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

2 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I think those were media members, not family members.

IDK, but the reaction was a way bit real.

Edited January 27, 2021 by DalTxHornFan

[DalTxHornFan 3101]

6 minutes ago, Helobious said:

I think those were media members, not family members.

My apologies.  The Reddit thread identified those folks as being employees of the medical practice.  IDK for sure, but it certainly makes more sense than random media folks being upset about the news.  Fucking sad in any event.

[Gucci_Suit 2644]

28 minutes ago, wreckatx said:

In the same boat. Trying to comfort my wife right now. Our daughters are friends. She’s beside herself. Talking about how to talk to our daughter in the morning. Can’t imagine what the family is going through. 

Same here. Wife and her friends are all fucked up right now. Tomorrow will be fucked up for the kids. 

[Barbacoa 1934]

She was my son's doctor when we lived in Austin. She was so helpful and calmed us down every time when our kid was struggling with frequent ear issues. I still cant believe it. Such a nice woman. Cant imagine what her family is going through right now. 

[Updawg 2266]

Such a terrible story. Pediatricians are great people.

Feel for those that have kids that go there. Gonna be thought to explain. All of Austin will have trouble explaining to kids as well if they catch it on the news. My daughter did earlier tonight. Just horrible