HOUSTON, Tx. – (CNN) — The suspect in a shooting in southwest Houston was pronounced dead after a shootout with police, Acting Police Chief Martha Montalvo told reporters.
The police chief declined to release the suspect’s identity, but told reporters “he is a lawyer and there were issues concerning his law firm.”
Nine people were injured in the shooting, Montalvo said. Of those injured, three people were treated and released and six are hospitalized. One person is in critical condition and one person is in serious condition, she said.
Police say the suspect opened fire in a strip mall parking lot in southwest Houston Monday morning.
An emergency alert from the city said the shooting scene is believed to be contained to the area of a shopping center and warned residents to avoid the area.
Authorities have not released further details about the shooting, which took place in a strip mall parking lot near the corner of Weslayan Street and Bissonnet Street in southwest Houston, according to CNN affiliate KTRK.
