Austin shooting
Shootings follow several major acts of gun violence in the US over past several weeks
One woman is dead and three others have been taken to hospital after in a shooting in the centre of Austin,Texas, and police are hunting for a suspect.
Austin Police chief of staff Brian Manley said officers received reports of gunshots in the crowded entertainment area shortly after 2am local time. Police arrived to find a chaotic scene and five people shot.
Mr Manley said one woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and three others, all female, were taken to University Medical Centre Brackenridge with gunshot wounds. He said another victim declined to be taken to hospital.
There was no immediate word on the condition of the injured.
Mr Manley said a suspect began firing into the crowd after an initial disturbance.
He said officials are trying to determine who the suspects are and he did not rule out that a suspect might be one of the people taken to hospital.
The shootings follow several major acts of gun violence in the United States over the past several weeks.
On June 12th, a gunman who sympathized with Islamist extremist groups killed 49 people at a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.
On July 7th, a US military veteran shot and killed five police officers in Dallas in the deadliest day for US law enforcement since the September 11th, 2001, attacks.
Just over a week later another gunman killed three officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both attackers were killed by police
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