2 dead in U.S. shooting incident

Source: Xinhuanet | 04-24-2007 17:28

Some residents and staff members gather at the The Post Oak at Woodway complex Monday, April 23, 2007 in Houston. Two people were killed and several others wounded in front of a luxury apartment complex in Texas on Monday and police were searching for the gunman, police said. Police said two people were fatally shot and several others suffered minor injuries in the shooting in the city's Galleria shopping district, said police spokesman Victor Senties. (Xinhua Photo)

WASHINGTON, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people, including the gunman, were killed and two others were injured Monday afternoon in a shooting incident in Houston, Texas, in southwest United States, media reports said.

A man went into a luxury apartment near the Galleria Mall in Houston early in the afternoon, and shot a man and woman in a office. Later, he shot another woman in the office, believed to be the manager, to death before going outside and fatally shooting himself.

News reports said the two injured were in good condition at local hospitals.

A nearby day-care center was once locked down due to the incident, which occurred days after a gunman, a contract worker of NASA, killed a male hostage and himself inside a building at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.