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- Shooter kills three in a Target parking lot in Austin before being captured, police say</p>
<p>Taylor Romine, CNNAugust 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM</p>
<p>Investigation underway after a mass shooting Monday in a Target parking lot in Austin, Texas leaves three dead - Stephanie Tacy/NurPhoto/Getty Images</p>
<p>At least three people, including a child, are dead after a gunman opened fire in a Target parking lot in Austin, Texas, before stealing two cars and being tasered by police, authorities said.</p>
<p>The suspect is a White man in his 30s, with "a mental health history" and prior criminal offenses, Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said in a news conference. Authorities have not released his name.</p>
<p>A motive has not been determined and it's not immediately clear what led to the shooting.</p>
<p>Police were called at 2:15 p.m. local time Monday and arrived at the Target parking lot where they found three people shot, Davis said.</p>
<p>Two of the people died on scene and a third person was declared dead at the hospital, Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Chief Robert Luckritz said. A fourth person was also treated for non-gunshot related injuries, he added.</p>
<p>One of the victims who died at the scene was a child, while the other two victims were adults, said Captain Shannon Koesterer, said a public information officer for the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services.</p>
<p>The suspect fled the Target parking lot by stealing a car at the scene, then crashed it and stole a second car from a Volkswagen dealership, Davis said.</p>
<p>The man was captured about 20 miles away in south Austin after another person called police, Davis said. He was taken into custody after being tased.</p>
<p>Police block the entrance to a Target after a shooting in Austin, Texas, Monday, August 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Stephen Spillman) - Stephen Spillman/AP</p>
<p>"This is a very sad day for Austin. It's a very sad day for us all and my condolences go out to the families," Davis said. She did not reveal the identities of the victims.</p>
<p>Austin Mayor Kirk Watson called the shooting "a sickening, cowardly act of gun violence."</p>
<p>"This is a devastating situation, and my heart is with the victims and their families," he said in a post on X.</p>
<p>Target said in a statement it is "devastated by the violence" at the Austin store and working with law enforcement on the investigation.</p>
<p>The shooting came during a busy time of year with back-to-school shopping underway for many families preparing for the upcoming academic year.</p>
<p>Lonnie Lee, 22, told the she had visited the Target with her sister and was shocked to see the parking lot was cordoned off and filled with police.</p>
<p>"We got really, really lucky," Lee said. "And some people didn't."</p>
<p>At a Jiffy Lube shop that shares its parking lot with the Target, employees locked the doors as soon as they became aware a shooting was taking place. Paul Smith, an employee at the oil change store, told the AP that he saw people running from their cars in the parking lot in a panic.</p>
<p>"I had just gotten back from the Target like a minute before," Smith said.</p>
<p>Monday's shooting comes just over two weeks after an attack in a Walmart parking lot in Traverse City, Michigan, in which 42-year-old Bradford James Gille allegedly stabbed 11 people in what authorities described as "random acts."</p>
<p>All victims - aged between 29 and 84 - were expected to survive and Gille was charged with one count of terrorism and 11 counts of assault with intent to murder.</p>
<p>This story has been with additional details.</p>
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