US EditionTexas shooter who killed 3 outside Target, including a child, randomly chose his victims, police say
Ethan Nieneker, with a history of mental illness, shot three people randomly at a Target parking lot before stealing two cars during a police chase, police said.
- A random shooting outside a Target store in Texas left three dead, including Hector Leopoldo Martinez Machuca, 24, Adam Chow, 65, and a 4-year-old girl, according to police reports.
- Ethan Nieneker, 32, is charged with two counts of capital murder and one count of murder related to the shooting incident at the Target store in Texas.
- The police chief, Lisa Davis, described the incident as an 'unprovoked and deliberate attack' where 'innocent lives were taken in broad daylight' during a busy shopping time.
- Witness Chris Ferran pursued Nieneker after seeing him drive dangerously and crash into other vehicles, alerting authorities.
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Austin Target shooting victims ID’d, including 4-year-old girl
The three people who were killed in the shooting at a Target in Austin, Texas, were identified Tuesday by police. Target employee Hector Leopoldo Martinez Machuca, 24, and shopper Adam Chow, 65, were both fatally shot in the store’s parking lot, authorities said. Chow’s 4-year-old granddaughter was also killed. Cops did not publicly name her, but she was identified as Astrid Fung in a GoFundMe set up for the family. “Astrid brought joy, laughter…
Texas Shooter Who Killed 3 Outside Target, Including Child, Randomly Chose His Victims, Police Say
AUSTIN, Texas—A random shooting outside a Target store in Texas began when a gunman killed an employee collecting shopping carts then a man and his 4-year-old granddaughter, sparking a chaotic hour of stolen cars and crashes that ended with him arrested naked holding a Bible, police said Tuesday. Ethan Nieneker, 32, is charged with two counts of capital murder and one count of murder over Monday’s shooting in Austin. Court records show a series …
Texas shooter who killed 3 outside Target randomly chose victims, police say
AUSTIN, Texas -- A random shooting outside a Target store in Texas began when a gunman killed an employee collecting shopping carts then a man and his 4-year-old granddaughter, sparking a chaotic hour of stolen cars and crashes that ended with him arrested naked holding a Bible, police said Tuesday.
Target gunman who killed 4-year-old and her grandfather thought he was Jesus, police say
The suspected gunman who murdered three people in an Austin, Texas, Target parking lot believed he was Jesus Christ, police said. Ethan Nieneker, 32, opened fire at bystanders randomly on Monday, killing a worker gathering shopping carts, a 4-year-old, and…
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