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Shooting at Texas housing complex leaves four dead
Associated Press

BASTROP, Texas — Four people, including the suspect, were found dead after a man opened fire Saturday evening at an apartment complex in Bastrop, police said.

The gunman is believed to have turned the weapon on himself after killing two women and a child, investigators said.

Another child was taken from to the hospital with minor injuries.

The motive for the shooting has not been determined.

Dawn Adams, a spokeswoman for the Bastrop County sheriff’s office, confirmed that the suspect was dead and the scene was secured.

Adams said officers received a call about the attack at 6:13 p.m.

Bastrop is a town of about 7,500 people, 35 miles southeast of Austin.