Thirteen people were injured, including two seriously, in a shooting night Friday to Saturday in Austin, Texas, police said, who were still searching for the perpetrator (s).
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Several shots were reported around 1:30 am in a busy street in the city center, according to the acting police chief Joseph Chacon, who spoke of crowds "
such as we saw before the Covid
".
“
We don't yet know what caused this or why it happened,
” he added at a press conference, calling anyone with information or who took a video on his cell phone to contact the authorities.
“
The suspect remains at large.
We do not know if there is one or more
”, said the police in their press release, specifying that they are looking for a man described as black.
The shooting appears to be "
an isolated event
" but the investigation is ongoing, police said.