AUSTIN, Texas — One person was seriously injured during a shooting at the Central Library in Downtown Austin at around noon on Saturday.

A spokesperson for the library told KVUE that an employee heard a loud sound coming from the 6th floor men’s restroom of the library. They said the employee went to investigate and that they found the victim with a gunshot wound in his stomach.

Shelter in place alerts went out to the community at around 12:40 p.m. Saturday while police searched for the accused shooter.

“Austin Travis County EMS [ATCEMS], just because it was in a public library, did upgrade it to an active attack call, which meant that you saw a very robust response,” ATCEMS chief of staff Wesley Hopkins said.

Police say the shooter was taken into custody more than an hour later in Sou

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