A man who went on a rampage at a Texas outlet mall on Saturday shot dead eight people before he was himself killed, authorities said.
“(We) found seven deceased individuals on scene. We transported nine individuals to the hospital… Of those we transported, two have since died,” said fire chief Jonathan Boyd of Allen, Texas.
The shooting sparked panic at Allen Premium Outlets, a sprawling shopping complex in Allen, 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Dallas, filled with weekend shoppers.
A police officer was in the mall on an unrelated call when gunfire broke out around 3:30 pm (2030 GMT), said chief Brian Harvey of the Allen police department.
“He heard gunshots, went to the gunshots, engaged the suspect and neutralized the suspect,” Harvey said. “He also then called for ambulances.”
The identity of the shooter was not released. His body, sprawled on a sidewalk, was one of the seven deaths at the mall when more police arrived.
Among the wounded at area hospitals, “three are in critical surgery, and four are stable,” Boyd, the fire chief, said.
Video footage aired by CNN showed the shooter getting out of a sedan in the parking lot of the mall, and beginning his rampage.
Authorities believed initially that a second shooter might be on the loose. As police combed through stores in the mall, frantic shoppers and store employees rushed into parking lots.
AFP / Titilayo Kupoliyi
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