A shooting in a busy part of downtown Austin, Texas, early Saturday injured 14 people, including two who are in critical condition.
The state of play: Gunfire erupted around 1:30 a.m. along 6th Street, a popular area with bars and restaurants. The shooting likely began as “some kind of disturbance between two parties,” Joseph Chacon, the interim chief of the Austin Police Department, said at a news briefing on Saturday afternoon.
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Chacon said he did not have any information that would suggest victims had been intentionally targeted.
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Austin police officers and members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force arrested one man in connection with the shooting, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
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Police said earlier in the afternoon that they were seeking two suspects.
This story has been updated.
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