3 killed in store shooting in Austin, U.S. Texas


HOUSTON, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- A shooting at a Target store in Austin, the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, left three people dead on Monday, authorities said.

Austin police said in a social media post that the suspect had been detained.

The shooting happened just around 2 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), said the police.

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