An armed man on Monday launched fire on the Target supermarket parking in Austin, the capital of the American state of Texas, killing at least three people. He then stole two vehicles during the escape. The police finally arrested him at the other end of the city with a TASER, the authorities said. TASR informs according to AP report.
The head of the Austinian police in Lisa Davis said a suspect is a man at the age of about 30 years with a “medical history of mental illness”. Davis said the suspect had escaped in a stolen car, demolished it and then stole more from the vehicle store. He was detained in the south of Austin, where he was taken into custody.
At a press conference, Davis said that the intervening police officers in the parking lot where the shooting occurred were discovered by three fatally shot people. “This is a very sad day for Austin. It is a very sad day for all of us and I express my condolences to families, ” She added without any further information about the victims.
Two victims succumbed to the injuries directly at the scene of the shooting, the third was taken to the hospital, where it was subsequently declared dead. Shooting occurred at the time of purchases before the start of the school year, recalls AP.
