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2 separate shootings, multiple casualties in downtown Austin, Texas - police 1 dead, 4 injured in separate shootings in downtown Austin, Texas - officials
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At least one person has reportedly been killed, and multiple people injured in Austin, Texas after two separate shootings in the downtown area of the city, local police wrote on Twitter. At least one person has been killed, and four injured in Austin, Texas after two separate shootings in the downtown area of the city, emergency services and police stated.
NBC news cited EMS officials who said that a woman in her 30s was pronounced dead at the scene. A woman was pronounced dead at the scene and two women and one man were taken to University Medical Center Brackenridge, Captain Rick Rutledge of the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services told AP.
According to reports on social media, between four and six people were injured in the incident. Police Chief Brian Manley confirmed that the deceased is the woman in her 30s.
Multiple units have headed to 208 East 6th Street , the Austin-Travis County EMS said, as cited by KXAN news.Multiple units have headed to 208 East 6th Street , the Austin-Travis County EMS said, as cited by KXAN news.
Several people with gunshot wounds are being treated by paramedics at the scene.
Austin police subsequently reported that separate shootings had taken place in the same area. However both incidents are now under control.Austin police subsequently reported that separate shootings had taken place in the same area. However both incidents are now under control.
“We just literarily saw three people being shot in downtown Austin,” one local resident wrote on Instagram, after posting a video that showed the aftermath of the attack.“We just literarily saw three people being shot in downtown Austin,” one local resident wrote on Instagram, after posting a video that showed the aftermath of the attack.
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