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<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d5b309bd1006467b285a8a5f6a47dc82 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f1313;font-size:14px"><strong>Ethan Nieneker, 32, is accused of gunning down three strangers in Austin, Texas on Monday afternoon before making a dramatic getaway</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9e2c4975367779f07ae3d7073946f60e wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f1313;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>Nieneker who allegedly opened fire in the parking lot of a Target in Austin, killing two adults and a child, was identified Tuesday</strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d7d2eea4cfa9188aff2c2de143dffdc6 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f1313;font-size:14px"><strong><strong>He fled the scene in one of the slain victims’ cars</strong>, leading cops in a chase <strong>during which he crashed the first car and stole another to continue</strong></strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ac59fcebc5ed0625864ecd93b1b67779 wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f1313;font-size:14px"><strong>After a 20-mile police chase, t<strong>he fleeing gunman was detained</strong> on the other side of the city, <strong>with the help of a Taser</strong> </strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e6419a77c4db856ed04d52fe69f4a61d wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f1313;font-size:14px"><strong>Nieneker is being held at the Travis County Jail, charged with capital murder by terror threat, capital murder of a person under 10 years old and felony first-degree murder,</strong></p>



<p class="has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-698b3a0db8960e152e4ecc5aef029bdb wp-block-paragraph" style="color:#1f1313;font-size:14px"><strong>Police Tuesday released a mugshot of Nieneker, described as having a “mental health history”, <strong>bruised and bloodied</strong> </strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ethan Nieneker [photo], allegedly shot and killed two adults and a child in the parking lot of a Target in Austin, Texas on Monday, Aug. 11. He&#8217;s charged with capital murder by terror threat, capital murder of a person under 10 years old and felony first-degree murder </strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The man accused of mass shooting in the parking lot of a Target in Austin, Texas, on August 11, claiming the lives of two adults and a child, was identified Tuesday.<br>Ethan Nieneker, 32, allegedly gunned down the victims at Target on Research Parkway in Austin on Monday afternoon before fleeing in a stolen vehicle. He crashed the first car, then stole another car to continue his flight from police.<br>Nieneker, who cops had earlier described as having a “mental health history,” could only being detained with the help of a Taser when pursuing law enforcement eventually caught up with him on the other side of the city of Austin, after a 20 mile chase. <br>The triple-homicide suspect is being held at the Travis County Jail, charged with capital murder by terror threat, capital murder of a person under 10 years old and felony first-degree murder,</p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Suspect with &#8216;mental health history, opened fire In the parking lot of the Target store in Austin, Texas, on Monday, killing three people, before stealing two cars during a dramatic getaway. A fourth victim with unrelated injuries survived</strong></p>



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<p class="has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>City of Austin police officers investigate the scene of the fatal shooting on Monday at the Target on Research Parkway that left two adults and a child dead</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The tragic events began when the man now known to be mentally unstable stormed the parking lot of the Target just north of Austin with a firearm, around 2:15 p.m. on August 11 and proceeded to open fire on shoppers in the lot. <br>Three people were killed and a fourth victim, who suffered unrelated injuries, was treated at the scene, police said, before the shooter then fled the scene in one of the slain victims’ cars.<br>The mugshot released Tuesday showed blood oozing from a gash under one of his eyes, as well as several scratches across his face, police said Nieneker is facing multiple murder charges..</p>

Suspect in Texas Target parking lot shooting that left 3 dead including a child, Ethan Nieneker, 32, who has a ‘mental health history’ charged with ‘capital murder by terror threat’
