AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas man who fatally shot three people in a Target parking lot, including a 4-year-old child and her grandfather, had a history of mental illness and opened fire randomly, police said Tuesday.

Police say 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker killed a Target worker gathering shopping carts Monday afternoon outside the store in Austin, then killed a man and his granddaughter before stealing their car.

Police Chief Lisa Davis said Nieneker had a history of mental health problems, but she was unaware of any specific diagnosis.

"What happened yesterday was an unprovoked and deliberate attack, a deliberate act of violence," Davis said at a news conference. "Innocent lives were taken in broad daylight in a place where people should feel safe to run their everyday errands and to live

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