Austin, Texas — A gunman opened fire Monday in the parking lot of a Target store in Texas’ capital, killing at least three people, before stealing two cars during a getaway that ended with police using a Taser to detain him on the other side of the city, authorities said.

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the suspect is a man in his 30s with “a mental health history.”

Davis said the suspect fled the scene in a stolen car, wrecked that car and then stole another from a dealership. He was captured about 20 miles away, in south Austin, where he was taken into custody, she said during a news conference.

She said officers responding to a call about 2:15 p.m. found three people who had been shot in the Target parking lot.

Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Chief Robert Luckrit

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