Posted on 08/12/2025 11:18:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
The man who fatally shot three people in the parking lot of a Target in Austin, Texas, was identified as 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker.
Nineker has a criminal record and a “mental health history.”
The shooting took place in the Target parking lot on Research Blvd.
Nineker reportedly fled in a stolen in vehicle after he killed three people, including a child.
The 32-year-old crashed the vehicle as he fled so he hijacked a second vehicle and sped off before officers used a taser to take him down.
The motive for the shooting is not known.
CBS News reported:
Police have identified the man accused of fatally shooting three people, including a child, outside a Target store in Austin, Texas, on Monday.
Authorities said Tuesday that 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker, who has a criminal record and a history of mental health issues, opened fire around 2:15 p.m. in the parking lot of the Target at 8601 Research Boulevard in North Austin. Two of the victims, an adult and a child, died at the scene. A third victim died after being taken to a hospital. A fourth person was treated at the scene for unrelated injuries.
After the shooting, investigators said Nieneker stole a car and fled, crashing it shortly afterward. He then allegedly hijacked another vehicle and drove off again before officers used a Taser to detain him in South Austin, Police Chief Lisa Davis said.
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He looks like Topper Harley.
Geez this nation if falling apart, shootings everywhere. I don’t want, or see the need for, gun control but someone has got to lock up these looneys before they kill people.
Yep, he has the Charlie Sheen look..................
Looks like he resisted arrest.
Yep. Psych drugs again. Every mad shooter is on them. Get a clue.
He killed a child.
Just fry his ass already...............
He killed a child.
Just fry his ass already...............
***Nineker has a criminal record and a “mental health history.” ***
More proof the mental hospitals closed in the 1970s need to be reopened. Almost every mass shooter since then has been a mental case who would have been locked up before they went on a killing spree.
Democrats want these killers on the streets so they can cry for more gun control!
Dang! I thought the same thing!
Obviously the lax gun rules in TX played a part. Right? Hello? Bueller? We’re sure to hear that scrap soon.
not winning
And our alternate lifestyle governor and his government in commierado continues to pass unconstitutional commiefornia style gun control laws to keep us safer.
Drug info should be right up there with criminal and mental history and citizenship status.
And, just a guess, since he does have a history of mental "issues", he probably cannot legally possess a firearm.
What can his therapist tell us?
He looks Mid Eastern.
Is that the perp? Same guy left and right? Did they squeeze his head in a vise?
Is that the perp? Same guy left and right? Did they squeeze his head in a vise?
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