Houston mall shooting: Nine people injured, gunman shot dead by police

Nine people were injured when a gunman fired multiple shots at a strip mall in the southwest Houston in the US before being shot dead by the police. An “active shooter at Weslayan & Bissonnet has been shot by our officers; no reports of other suspects at this time,” Houston Police tweeted.

Several people were rushed to the nearby hospital.

The incident was initially reported at about 6:30 AM near the Randalls at Wesleyan and Bissonnet in Southwest Houston.  According to ABC13, the shooter allegedly fired several shots into the strip center at that location.

Police have blocked off the intersection of Law and Weslayan, Houston Chronicle reported. Houston Police Department officers and first responders from the Houston Fire Department are gathered in the mall parking lot.