BASTROP, Texas – Four people have been found dead following a shooting at an apartment complex in Bastrop, Texas.
Dawn Adams, spokeswoman for the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office says in addition to the fatalities, one child has been taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
Adams said officers received a call about the attack at 6:13 p.m.
Residents near the scene of the fatal shooting were restricted from leaving or entering the apartment complex where the shooting happened.
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Kenyata Trigg told the Austin American-Statesman that her sister-in-law was in the apartment when she heard shots. Trigg said her sister-in-law saw the bodies of a man, a woman and two children, all of whom she knew as neighbors.
Mai Mguyen, who’s lived in the apartment complex for five years, said she was working at a shop nearby when she heard four gunshots.
No details about the suspect or a motive for the shooting are available.
Bastrop is a town of about 7,500 people located 35 miles southeast of Austin.
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