{"id":12381,"date":"2016-09-27T05:57:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T05:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=12381"},"modified":"2016-09-27T06:03:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T06:03:16","slug":"houston-shooting-nine-injured-suspect-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/houston-shooting-nine-injured-suspect-dead.html","title":{"rendered":"Houston shooting: Nine injured, suspect dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Houston shooting: Nine injured, suspect dead<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>Houston shooting: Nine injured, suspect dead<\/strong> : (CNN)Nazi emblems were found among the &#8220;personal effects&#8221; of the man who was killed in Houston Monday after wounding nine people in a mass shooting, according to the head of the police homicide division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Capt. D.W. Ready said the shooter was dressed in some kind of military uniform and had Nazi emblems with him and at his house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">However, Ready would not speculate on whether the Nazi insignia would help establish a motive. He said the emblems may have been collector&#8217;s items. At the shooter&#8217;s home, police found vintage military equipment and paraphernalia dating back to the Civil War.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&#8220;At this point we are very open-minded as to the motive,&#8221; said acting Chief Martha Montalvo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">She described the shooter as a lawyer who had &#8220;issues&#8221; at his law office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Gunshots brought quick police response<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Bellaire Police Department and West University Police Department also responded with Houston police to the report of an active shooter in a neighborhood strip mall in the affluent neighborhood of West University Place at 6:30 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Nine officers engaged the gunman in a gunfight while assisting wounded citizens, Ready said. The gunman took cover behind a tree, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Watch the news briefing on this morning&#8217;s shooting incident here: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dy3Z7hgVoL\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/Dy3Z7hgVoL<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u2014 Houston Police (@houstonpolice) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houstonpolice\/status\/780516134881599488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26 September 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&#8220;Multiple officers engaged the suspect, who was shooting randomly at passersby as well as anybody he could put his sights on,&#8221; Ready said. &#8220;He was wearing a military-style apparel, I don&#8217;t know exactly what nationality or exactly what army or anything like that.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">More than 75 expended shell casings were found at the scene, and the gunman had 2,600 rounds of ammunition for his .45-caliber pistol and .45-caliber Thompson carbine rifle, which carried a 40-round clip, Ready said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Attorney Nathan DeSai has been identified as the shooter, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said. Police declined to identify the gunman publicly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> DeSai was a lone gunman who was disgruntled over matters at the law firm where he worked, according to the mayor, who said he&#8217;d been briefed on the shooting by police. DeSai practiced business, criminal and family law, according to his profile on the State Bar of Texas website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Police said one victim was critically wounded and another was seriously wounded. The rifle was purchased legally in 2009, and the handgun was purchased legally in 2011, Montalvo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Total of nine persons injured One in critical at Memorial Hermann Hospital. One serious at Ben Taub Suspect is deceased. FBI on scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u2014 Houston Police (@houstonpolice) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houstonpolice\/status\/780412746185662464\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26 September 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Witness: Gunshots flew by my face<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">It was still dark when Antoine Wilson drove through the neighborhood Monday morning and suddenly found himself in the middle of a gunfight.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> &#8220;I didn&#8217;t realize I was right there by the shooter,&#8221; he told CNN affiliate KTRK. &#8220;Gunshots, I literally hear the gunshots pass my face, &#8217;cause I&#8217;m leaning out the window looking, trying to see.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Then he saw police running down the street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&#8220;You (could) hear people screaming,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m talking about steady gunshots, just steady shooting, back and forth &#8230; police and the shooter. Helicopters were everywhere.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Firefighters and police swarmed the scene as gunfire rang out, KTRK reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&#8220;I&#8217;m still shaken up,&#8221; Wilson told KTRK. &#8220;I&#8217;ve never been in no standoff like this before.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Later Monday, Kevin Quinn caught a glimpse of cars that apparently were caught in the crossfire. The KTRK reporter tweeted photos of vehicles parked near the scene with bullet-riddled windshields and shattered glass.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Seeing several vehicles hit by gunfire ditched near shooting scene. <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abc13?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#abc13<\/a> <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SvV7ixPHVH\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/SvV7ixPHVH<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">\u2014 Kevin Quinn (@imkevinquinn) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imkevinquinn\/status\/780423899871711233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">26 September 2016<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Parking lot became triage scene<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Early reports indicated the shooting took place in a strip mall parking lot near the corner of Weslayan Street and Bissonnet Street in southwest Houston.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Montalvo later said it&#8217;s possible the shooting had occurred on a nearby street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">&#8220;As the victims left, the ones that could, possibly, came to this location,&#8221; she told reporters at a press briefing near the strip mall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">After the shooting, CNN affiliates reported that the parking lot became a triage scene where first responders treated the wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">An emergency alert from the city told people to avoid the area and warned residents to take shelter in place. 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