Three dead in a shooting at a Target store in Austin, Texas, raising concerns about gun violence.
Three people were reported dead in a shooting at a Target store in Austin, Texas, Monday afternoon.
Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis told reporters at the scene that there were three fatalities and that the male suspect, who was not named, was arrested after a car chase.
Davis said, “The police were initially called here at 2:15pm for a hot shot call. Officers arrived within four minutes. When officers arrived, they were met with three people that were shot inside the parking lot of Target.”
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The suspect, she explained, “fled the scene, stole a car from the scene, took that car, wrecked that car, then hijacked another car.
