Two people were found dead in a Texas medical building Tuesday night after a SWAT situation that lasted more than six hours, according to NBC affiliate KXAN.
According to Austin police, officers responded to a “riot” at a “commercial building” in the block of West 35th Street just before 4:30 p.m., in 1900. KXAN later identified the building as Children’s Medical Group.
According to police, a robotic unit was sent inside the building. After the camera identified a ‘barred subject’, SWAT team members were called to the scene and entered the facility, police said.
They tried to communicate with the person inside the office through a loudspeaker, KXAN reported.
“We have not spoken to you for several hours, and we want to make sure you are OK,” a SWAT member told the news station.
Loud bangs could be heard around 22:50, the news station reported. Jody Barr, a KXAN reporter at the scene, further wrote Twitter that he heard ‘multiple loud explosions’ that sounded like gunshots. What followed was silence, Barr reported.
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Shortly after midnight, Austin police said Twitter ‘The SWAT situation has ended’ and that they found the bodies of the two victims. Their names were not disclosed.
The investigation was handed over to the police’s murder unit.
Authorities will provide an update on Wednesday morning.
The Children’s Medical Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment. As of Wednesday morning, it appears that the company’s website has been deactivated.
