Indian technical wife kills son, then shoots herself in American house

One Indian-origin technology entrepreneur From Mysore On 24 April, he was allegedly shot dead by his wife and one of his sons before taking his life at his home in Newcastle, Washington.
Victims have been identified Harshvardhan S Kikeri57, his wife Shweta pionam44, and his 14 -year -old son. Renton reporter said that the family had been living in America for many years.
According to the King County Sheriff Office, on the evening of 24 April, he replied to 911 calls and discovered three bodies inside the family townhouse in 7000 blocks of 129th Street SE.
The office of King County Sheriff reported that Harshvardhana’s wife Shawetha and her son died of gun bullet and their deaths were ruled as housewives, while her suicide was classified.
The motive behind the crime has not yet appeared. The couple’s younger son survived the incident.
Harshvardhan, originally from Kikkeri village in Mandya district of Karnataka, was the CEO of Holovers, now a closed robotics company located in Massuru.
He co-established the Holovers with his wife in 2017 after returning to India. The company, which focused on AI and robotics and closed in 2022.
Local neighbors were shocked. “A young family lived at home,” Kathy Dunbar said in an interview with Como News. The deput stayed at the scene till morning after the search.
Harsh Vardhan, a graduate of Shri Jayachar Rajendra College of Engineering in Mysuru, had previously worked with Microsoft in the US, focusing on robotics.