You couldn’t pay me enough to live in Houston and many parts of Dallas but you’d see me there before you’d ever see me in that liberal cesspool of Austin.
Police block the intersection at Wycliffe and Apple Tree as they respond to a shooting where authorities say a gunman and at least one other person are dead, Sunday, May 29, 2016, in Houston.
(Gary Fountain/Houston Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDITmore +
A man came into a Houston auto detail shop and began shooting, killing a man known to be a customer and putting a neighborhood on lockdown Sunday before being killed by a SWAT officer, police said.
Several people were shot and injured, including a man authorities initially described as another suspect because he was present and armed. Police said later Sunday they were investigating further whether he played any role.
Three others — two of them male and one female — were hospitalized with injuries police said were not believed to be life-threatening. Two officers were shot, but a union official said they should be OK.
Police, who said they have no indication yet of a motive, said they got their first call about the shootings around 10:15 a.m. The customer described as a man in his 50s had just driven in to the auto shop. Within a minute or two, authorities said, the gunman came in and started shooting. Others in the shop ran out to take cover nearby and call for help.
Neighbors described hearing many gunshots, and some drivers told local television stations their cars had been shot at. Police say they believe a fire at a gas station next door began when gunfire hit a pump. A police helicopter was shot at with a “high-powered” weapon and was hit five times, authorities said.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gunman-dead-houston-shooting-39467269
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