Gunman kills three at Target store in US state of Texas

Victims not instantly identified aft deadly onslaught astatine fashionable store successful the authorities capital, Austin.

A gunman has opened occurrence successful the parking batch of a Target store successful Texas, United States, sidesplitting 3 people, according to authorities.

The onslaught occurred connected Monday successful the state’s capital, Austin, with Chief of Police Lisa Davis describing the attacker arsenic a antheral successful his 30s with “a intelligence wellness history”.

After the shooting, the antheral fled the country successful a stolen car, which helium aboriginal crashed. He past stole different car from a adjacent dealership earlier helium was captured.

Emergency responders recovered the 3 victims, who were not instantly identified, erstwhile they arrived astatine the scene. Two were pronounced dormant immediately, with a 3rd pronounced dormant astatine a hospital.

“This is simply a precise bittersweet time for Austin. It’s a precise bittersweet time for america all, and my condolences spell retired to the families,” Davis said.

The onslaught occurred soon earlier schools restart successful the country, successful what is commonly a fashionable clip for shopping.

Police show the country adjacent a Target aft a shooting successful Austin, Texas [Stephen Spillman/AP Photo]

In a station connected X, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson called the onslaught a “devastating situation”.

“My bosom is with the victims and their families,” helium said. “While this remains an progressive and ongoing investigation, what I’ll accidental is that this was a sickening, cowardly enactment of weapon violence.”

The Target onslaught comes conscionable implicit 2 weeks aft an onslaught astatine a Walmart store successful Michigan.

A antheral stabbed 11 radical astatine the store successful Traverse City connected July 26, and has been charged with “terrorism” and aggregate counts of attempted murder.

In precocious July, a 27-year-old antheral fatally shot 5 radical successful Midtown Manhattan, successful the deadliest shooting successful the metropolis successful much than 2 decades.

Gun violence has been a starring operator of transgression successful the US. According to the database Gun Violence Archives, determination person been 9,143 gun-related deaths and 269 wide shootings truthful acold successful 2025.