What to know
- Man opens fire in warehouse in Bryan, Texas, and fatally shoots one and injures five others
- Gunman believes an employee; motive for shooting unknown
- Defender pursued; suspect is in custody
A Texas trooper is in a stable condition after being shot after a person suspected of setting fire to a Central Texas business park on Thursday afternoon.
The soldier is in a serious but stable condition and the suspect is in custody, NBC 5 has learned.
Bryan, police chief Eric Buske, told CDT shortly before 5pm that a person who they said was an employee of Kent Moore Cabinets arrived at the company’s headquarters and started shooting near the warehouse.
One person died at the scene, while five others were admitted to hospital due to gunshot wounds – four of the patients are in critical condition. A sixth person was also admitted to hospital after suffering an asthma attack.
According to Buske, the shooter was gone when officers arrived at the warehouse moments after the first call was received around 14:30.
Buske said the Texas Department of Public Safety may have arrested the shooter after an incident near Iola, about 20 miles away, but that the information has not yet been confirmed.
The victims were taken to the St. Joseph Health Regional Hospital Transportation.
A motive for the shooting has not yet been confirmed.
Lt. Bryan police, Jason James, told an informal news conference on Thursday afternoon that the shooting scene was safe and that witnesses were currently being questioned.
The shooting in Texas comes just hours after President Joe Biden announced a half-dozen executive actions to combat an ‘epidemic and an international embarrassment’ of gun violence in America, while also urging Congress to extend the broad immunity granted to gunmakers make, to end. of the case is charged with shooting, making it a top priority for his administration.
Greg Abbott, Government of Texas, who promised earlier in the afternoon to fight Biden’s executive action by making Texas a 2nd Amendment, issued the following statement on Thursday afternoon after hearing of the mass shooting.
“I have worked closely with the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Rangers as they assist local law enforcement with a prompt response to this criminal act. Their efforts have led to the arrest of the shooting suspect. “need help to prosecute the suspect. Cecilia and I are praying for the victims and their families and for the police officer who was injured while apprehending the suspect,” Abbott said.
A manhunt is underway for the person who set fire to a business park in Bryan, Texas on Thursday afternoon and injured several people.
The shooting in Central Texas comes on the same day that former NFL player Phillip Adams allegedly shot dead five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren, before killing himself.
Earlier this week in North Texas, two teenage brothers signed a suicide pact to kill four members of their family before taking their own lives.
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