HOUSTON: A gunman fired multiple shots and injured nine persons at a strip mall in southwest Houston before being shot dead by the police, the latest mass shooting incident in the US.
An “active shooter at Weslayan & Bissonnet has been shot by our officers; no reports of other suspects at this time,” Houston Police tweeted.
Six people were injured in an early-morning shooting.
The unidentified attacker was shot by cops — and was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital, police said.
The police chief declined to release the suspect’s identity, but told reporters “he is a lawyer and there were issues concerning his law firm.”
Nine people were injured in the shooting, police said.
Of those injured, three people were treated and released and six are hospitalised. One person is in critical condition and one person is in serious condition, CNN reported.
One witness, said he heard “over 100 shots” fired – including AK-47 and AR-15 gunfire.
It was “steady shooting back and forth” between police and the suspect, the man said. (AGENCIES)
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