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Police monitor the scene near a Target after a shooting in Austin, Texas [Stephen Spillman\/AP Photo]<\/p>\nVictims not immediately identified after deadly attack at popular store in the state capital, Austin.<\/p>\n
A gunman has opened fire in the parking lot of a Target store in Texas, United States, killing three people, according to authorities.<\/p>\n
The attack occurred on Monday in the state\u2019s capital, Austin, with Chief of Police Lisa Davis describing the attacker as a man in his 30s with \u201ca mental health history\u201d.<\/p>\n
After the shooting, the man fled the scene in a stolen car, which he later crashed. He then stole another car from a nearby dealership before he was captured.<\/p>\n
Emergency responders found the three victims, who were not immediately identified, when they arrived at the scene. Two were pronounced dead immediately, with a third pronounced dead at a hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a very sad day for Austin. It\u2019s a very sad day for us all, and my condolences go out to the families,\u201d Davis said.<\/p>\n
The attack occurred shortly before schools restart in the country, in what is commonly a popular time for shopping.<\/p>\n
Police monitor the scene near a Target after a shooting in Austin, Texas [Stephen Spillman\/AP Photo]<\/p>\n
In a post on X, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson called the attack a \u201cdevastating situation\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart is with the victims and their families,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile this remains an active and ongoing investigation, what I\u2019ll say is that this was a sickening, cowardly act of gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Target attack comes just over two weeks after an attack at a Walmart store in Michigan.<\/p>\n
A man stabbed 11 people at the store in Traverse City on July 26, and has been charged with \u201cterrorism\u201d and multiple counts of attempted murder.<\/p>\n
In late July, a 27-year-old man fatally shot<\/a> five people in Midtown Manhattan, in the deadliest shooting in the city in more than two decades.<\/p>\n