Award-winning pediatric doctor shot and killed Tuesday night

by: Billy Gates

AUSTIN (KXAN) Police identified a doctor who worked at the Childrens Medical Group as the victim in a deadly SWAT standoff Tuesday night in central Austin.

Dr. Lindley Dodson was found dead inside the pediatric office after a SWAT team breached the doors of the building, ending a 6-hour standoff. She was a pediatrician at the office operated by Ascension Seton Dell Childrens Medical Center.

She is survived by her husband, her two daughters and her son.

Dodson, 43, grew up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and completed her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where she graduated magna cum laude, her LinkedIn profile says. She attended medical school at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.

We are shocked at the tragic loss of Lindley, and our hearts go out to Katherine, Paul, Drew, and the entire family, said LSU Interim President Tom Galligan. Words fail us, but we offer our good thoughts, sympathy, and prayers to our friends and colleague.

She completed her residency at Vanderbilt University Childrens Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., and was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

She joined Childrens Medical Groups office in 2017, according to its website. Her LinkedIn profile said she was also a partner at CMG.

Before coming to work in Austin, she was a Harvard Medical School instructor and was an urgent care doctor at Childrens Hospital Boston following her residency in Nashville. For 10 years, she worked at Dell Childrens Hospital in Austin and was named the hospitals top pediatric doctor in 2012 and 2017.

She was named a Rising Star by the Texas Super Doctors for three consecutive years, 2017-2019.

Multiple people replied to tweets by KXAN reporter Jody Barr, saying Dodson was their childs doctor or that they knew her personally.

Such a massive and heartbreaking loss for our community, one tweet said.

Another person who tweeted said she cared for his two sons, and the news was an absolute tragedy.

We are absolutely devastated and shaken, they added.

Karen Shafrir Vladeck, an Austin lawyer and friend of Dodson, said she was an absolute shining light, and organized a tribute thread on Twitter for people to share their favorite memories of Dodson.

Our entire community is beyond words gutted by the senseless loss of our wonderful pediatrician and friend, Dr. Lindley Dodson. This thread is dedicated to her life and love of children and I invite anyone who knew her to share a memory here, if that helps you process your grief. pic.twitter.com/JRU8pSIeHA

Dr. Dodson was a light. An absolute shining light. She walked into the exam room with a broad but sympathetic smile on her face every time you were there, she tweeted. She made you feel like your childs illness was the only one that mattered in that moment, even though you knew there was a line of other kids and parents waiting anxiously to see her. She always made you feel important and heard.

Texas Rep. Lloyd Doggett said Dodson cared for two of his grandchildren and offered his condolences on Twitter.

Last night, in a horrifying act of gun violence, one of our most skilled, compassionate pediatricians, Dr. Lindley Dodson, was held hostage and murdered at her Central Austin office. She provided care for our youngest 2 grandchildren & so many other children across the community. pic.twitter.com/98BhHyycVw

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