The Austin Police Department identified Ethan Blaine Nieneker as the suspect in Monday’s shootings outside of a Target store in Austin, Texas, that killed three people.
Police say Nieneker, 32, opened fire in the Target parking lot before fleeing in a car he stole from the lot, a vehicle police believe belonged to one of the victims. After crashing that car, police say he stole a car from a Volkswagen dealership before being apprehended by police with a Taser.
CBS Austin reported Nieneker was booked into Travis County jail on three charges: capital murder by terror threat, capital murder of a person under 10 years of age, and first-degree murder.
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