A second person, still considered a possible suspect, was also shot, possibly by the primary shooter, Cannon said.
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Neighbors described hearing many gunshots, and some of the victims taken to the hospital were shot while driving their vehicles.
It all started when a shirtless man with an AR-15 and a pistol began spraying shots at random around 10:15 a.m. Sunday. “We believe he was shot by the other suspect and the other suspect was shot by one of the SWAT officers”. The aircraft was hit by at least five bullets, Montalvo said.
Four citizens were wounded before police and SWAT squads rolled up to the scene.
Family members identified 25-year-old Dionisio Garza III of Rancho Cucamonga, California, as the man who opened fire Sunday, killing 56-year-old Eugene Linscomb, a customer at the shop who had arrived moments earlier.
One suspect and one bystander were among the dead, police said.
Garza’s father said that Garza believed that the USA was about to collapse and he met people online who thought like he did.
A gunman who killed one person and wounded several others during a weekend attack that began at a Houston auto detail shop was an Army veteran from California who was haunted by his deployment in Afghanistan, his… One man was killed. “They’re doing walk-through’s with the officer and talking to a number of witnesses out there on the parking lot”, he said.
The husband of a woman gunned down at a historic black church in Charleston with eight other people said Wednesday he won’t be at peace until the man charged in the slayings is put to death. Police said later Sunday they were investigating further whether he played any role. That second man was shot and is hospitalized. Police havent publicly identified Garza as the gunman, leaving that to the medical examiners office, which hadnt done so as of midday Tuesday and hadnt responded to phone or email messages seeking that information.
Also two deputies had been wounded in the incident.
Houston Police Union President Ray Hunt said an officer who was hit several times in the chest was wearing both a metal breastplate and a bulletproof vest. One was shot in the hand and is expected to be OK. “I love you man. I wish you would’ve told me more”, posted Jeremie Jordan Trevino, who is Garza’s friend on the social media platform.
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Garza’s mother said the family was extremely tight and he was very “loving”, but his attitude toward life took a turn in the past couple of weeks as he became convinced that the world was ending.
