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AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — A gunman shot three people, including two first responders, at the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo in Texas before he was shot and wounded by sheriff’s deputies, authorities said.
Just before
11 p.m. Monday, a man opened fire on Potter County deputies working off-duty at
the fair in Amarillo, Potter County Sheriff Brian Thomas said.
Thomas said
the “male suspect opened fire on the deputies, striking a deputy and an
off-duty firefighter, also working at the fair, and a bystander.” Deputies
returned fire, wounding the suspect.
The deputy,
firefighter and bystander were transported to the hospital with non-life
threatening injuries, authorities said. The gunman was taken to the hospital
with injuries that were described as life-threatening.
Thomas did
not identify any of the victims or the suspect. He did not offer a motive for
the shooting, which is being investigated by the Texas Rangers.
Amarillo is
about 365 miles (587 kilometers) northwest of Dallas.