from SLATE:
Texas A&M Shooting Leaves Three Dead
Developing: The suspected gunman and a police constable are among the
confirmed dead.
By Josh Voorhees | Posted Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at 4:15 PM ET
Three people were killed Monday after a gunman exchanged fire with
police near Texas A&M University's College Station campus. The dead
included: the shooter, a police constable and a civilian.
Local police said that a handful of others had been taken to the
hospital for treatment, including at least one other law enforcement
official.
NBC News reports that both the shooter and the civilian have not yet
been IDed, but that the slain Brazos County police constable was
41-year-old Brian Bachmann.
Texas A&M posted an alert on its website at 12:29 p.m. local time
warning the community that an "active shooter" was near the
university's football stadium, Kyle Field. Fifteen minutes later, the
school announced that the suspected gunman had been taken into custody
but nonetheless instructed people to avoid the area. A police
spokesman later told reporters that the suspect was injured in a gun
battle with police.
Local news outlets The Eagle and KBTX-TV reported Monday afternoon
that at least one other law enforcement official was shot. Details
about the civilians injured in the shooting remains scarce, although
reports suggest that a total of five people were transported to the
College Station Medical Center, three of whom had sustained gunshot
wounds of some kind.
The Eagle with more details on the afternoon shooting:
The incident appears to have unfolded about 12:15 p.m. at a house
in the historical district of the city close to George Bush Drive. The
Eagle's police scanner early on picked up dispatchers saying that two
officers were wounded. Initial reports state one was a constable.
Authorities confirmed that the suspect was in custody; it wasn't clear
if gunfire was exchanged.
At an afternoon news conference, police said that the gunman had
opened fire with an automatic weapon from inside a house.
--
Jim Devine / If you're going to support the lesser of two evils, you
should at least know the nature of that evil.
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