According to the Austin Police Department, at least 12 people have been injured after shooting in downtown Austin.
The department posted the news via a tweet on 2 am early Saturday saying that officers were in the scenes where multiple people have been shot.
The county’s official EMS Twitter account said there were a total of nine patients and that emergency medical services transported two people -- one critical and one non-life-threatening -- to the hospital while police transported six people in unknown conditions. The ninth remained near the scene and was being treated there, according to the Austin Police Department.
The motivation behind the shooting is currently unknown and authorities have not yet given an update on the status of the suspect or suspects involved in the case.
