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Houston shooting: gunman dead after injuring six people at strip mall 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 near a Houston shopping center on Monday morning, by a gunman whose own vehicle contained “numerous weapons” and was being examined by a bomb squad, police said.
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.” Six people were taken to local hospitals and three were treated on the scene and released, said Martha Montalvo, interim chief at the Houston police department.
At a press conference, the fire department advised residents at the nearby Oaks at West University condominiums to stay indoors as the investigation continued. Montalvo said police received a call reporting gunfire at 6.29am. A gunman shot at the officers who arrived on the scene and police returned fire. The suspect was pronounced dead soon after, Montalvo said.
Houston police said on Twitter that a gunman had been shot by police and that there were no reports of other suspects. The only information police released about the gunman’s identity was that: “He is a lawyer and there were issues concerning his law firm.”
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. Montalvo said there was no evidence a second shooter was involved.
Law enforcement officials were investigating the suspect’s vehicle. “It has numerous weapons and we are bringing in the bomb squad to secure it’s safe,” Montalvo said.
At an earlier press conference, the Houston fire department advised residents at the nearby Oaks at West University condominiums to stay indoors.
The shooting happened in a 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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