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... Of the 14 people who were hurt, three are in critical condition as the Austin Police Department and the FBI investigate the shooting.

"I'm very thankful for the speed with which our public safety officials responded to this," Austin Mayor Kirk Watson told reporters at a press conference. "I don't think there's any question that it saved lives."

APD Chief Lisa Davis said during the press conference that the suspected shooter, who was one of the three people killed, circled the block where Buford's is located several times before he stopped, rolled down the windows and shot at people at the bar.

The shooter then exited his SUV and started shooting at people walking along the street.

Police responded quickly, engaging the shooter, returning fire and killing him as EMT started attending to people who had been shot. ...

@#19 ... Just curious why you didn't make threads for the other 55 mass shootings that occurred this year. ...

For some of them, others have started the thread.

For others, well, there are many topics I don't start threads for every time a headline occurs.

@#40 ... I think it's about 60-65% suicides, then homicides, then accidents. ...

Looks about right.

What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/05/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-us/

... What share of U.S. gun deaths are murders? What share are suicides?

[2023 data]

A pie chart showing that suicides accounted for nearly 6 in 10 U.S. gun deaths in 2023.

Though they tend to get less public attention than gun-related murders, suicides have long accounted for the majority of U.S. gun deaths.

In 2023, 58% of all gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides (27,300), while 38% were murders (17,927). The remaining gun deaths that year involved law enforcement (604), were accidental (463) or had undetermined circumstances (434), according to CDC data. ...