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Houston shooting: gunman dead after injuring six people at strip mall | |
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Multiple people were shot inside their cars at a Houston shopping center on Monday morning. | Multiple people were shot inside their cars at a Houston shopping center on Monday morning. |
The Houston fire department said six people were taken to local hospitals and that the gunman was “neutralized”. Houston police later tweeted that the gunman was dead, saying: “Active shooter scene still active but contained. Suspect DOA.” | |
At a press conference, the fire department advised residents at the nearby Oaks at West University condominiums to stay indoors as the investigation continued. | |
Houston police said on Twitter that a gunman had been shot by police and that there were no reports of other suspects. | |
The shooting happened in a strip mall parking lot in Houston’s Upper Kirby commercial district, a wealthy neighborhood that has red phone booths installed on street corners because it shares the same initials as the UK. | The shooting happened in a strip mall parking lot in Houston’s Upper Kirby commercial district, a wealthy neighborhood that has red phone booths installed on street corners because it shares the same initials as the UK. |
The incident occurred just two days after a gunman opened fire in a Washington state mall, killing five people. That suspect was taken into custody on Sunday. A little over a week earlier, an attacker at a mall in St Cloud, Minnesota, stabbed 10 people before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer. | The incident occurred just two days after a gunman opened fire in a Washington state mall, killing five people. That suspect was taken into custody on Sunday. A little over a week earlier, an attacker at a mall in St Cloud, Minnesota, stabbed 10 people before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer. |
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