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TexasTowelie

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Fri Mar 11, 2022, 07:20 AM Mar 2022

3 dead after shooting in College Station

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — 9:30 p.m. Update - The Brazos County Sheriff's Office released an official statement after the shooting on Stokes Circle Thursday.

Deputy David Wilcox with BCSO said deputies with the sheriff's office and a DPS trooper responded to the call for a disturbance around 3:30 p.m. The law enforcement officers began searching the area and found a man with a gun. They said they gave several orders to drop the gun, but they said the man did not listen and would not let go of the gun.

At this point, Deputy Wilcox said the DPS Trooper on scene shot the man with the gun. He died at the scene. A call for help went out over the radio and law enforcement officers from the College Station Police Department, Bryan Police Department, Texas A&M Police Department, Brazos County Sheriff's Office, Texas DPS and the College Station Fire Department responded to the scene.

The Brazos County SWAT team also arrived to help search the property. It was during this search that two other people were found dead. Their names and their relation to the suspected shooter are not known at this time.

Read more: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/shooting-reported-near-pipeline-road/499-894cc362-30ca-4954-a8dc-59eaf4e340cb

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