Damn, this is 3 blocks down the street from my office! Glad I am off today.
Shots Fired at Austin's Police Headquarters, 'Multiple Buildings'
Police shot a suspect after "multiple buildings" were fired on in downtown Austin, authorities in the Texas capital said early Friday. The city's police headquarters was among those targeted. It was evacuated.
NBC station KXAN reported that a bomb robot was examining a device left near the police department's headquarters.
Three ambulances were at the scene but at 5 a.m. local time (6 a.m. ET) officials said they were awaiting clearance from police to approach the wounded suspect amid fears the suspicious object may be a "booby-trap," Austin Travis County EMS spokesman Mike Benavides said.
Update: Suspect is no longer wounded, he is Dead Rat There.
Problem solved.
And he will not do it again either! They seem to believe there is a bomb in his vehicle (late model white dodge mini-van) parked by the cop shop. Two robots working over the vehicle. Got the Interstate closed in the middle of downtown and that in itself is chaos.
Guess GSA low-bid bullet-proof glass is not quite up to par.
A U.S. Marshal tells KXAN officers found about 30 shell casings in the alley behind the Federal Courthouse. It appears the gunman was aiming at high windows as well as a guard shack. The bullets penetrated “bullet-proof” windows.
SWAT officers have swarmed the shooter’s apartment complex at on Hollow Creek. The complex has been evacuated as officers search for any potential explosives.
