Houston: A gunman who police believe was a lawyer involved in a work dispute opened fire on morning commuters in Houston, Texas, on Monday, injuring at least nine people, before being fatally shot by police.
Six victims were taken to hospitals and three were treated at the scene after being shot at while inside their vehicles in the wealthy neighbourhood of West University Place, acting Houston Police Chief Martha Montalvo told reporters.
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Gunman dead, nine injured in Houston shooting
Houston police say a man described as a troubled lawyer opened fire on commuters on Monday morning, injuring at least nine before he was shot by police.
One of the victims was in critical condition and another was in serious condition.
Ms Montalvo declined to identify the suspect but said he was a lawyer and had concerns about his law firm. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, in Cuba on a trip to develop trade relations, told reporters, "The motivation appears to be a lawyer whose relationship with his law firm went bad."
The police bomb squad was securing the suspect's car, which had numerous weapons in it and police were planning to search his house.
In a statement to reporters outside a shopping centre at the intersection, Richard Mann, the executive assistant fire chief, said some of the people injured were hit by flying glass.
He said that some injuries were considered serious, while other people were injured in their extremities.
Stacey Coombes, an obstetrician, told local news station KTRK that she was driving to work along the dark, tree-lined street at around 6.25am when four bullets flew through the windscreen with no warning.
"I was just driving down the street, very slow," Dr Coombes said. "Then my car just started getting shot and I kept driving.
"I think the first shots came in my front windows. My front window was shot through four times, my side window was shot, and the side of the car. My car's down there. We kind of just got out of the area."
The glass from her car windows shattered, leaving her with cuts on her right arm, however she did not require transport to hospital.
"I was lucky, very very lucky," Dr Coombes said.
After the shooting she pulled around the corner and called her husband and emergency services. She could hear further shots, but she did not see the shooter.
Mr Mann said that no deaths were initially reported, and he said the gunman was "neutralised".
The Houston police said in a post on Twitter that the attacker was shot by officers and there were "no reports of other suspects at this time."
Washington Post, Reuters