Nine people were shot and wounded, one critically, in a Houston neighborhood Monday morning by a lawyer who had issues with his law firm, authorities said.
The first report of the shootings began at about 6:30am near Weslayan and Bissonnett streets in southwest Houston.
When officers arrived, the suspect began firing at them, police Chief Martha Montalvo said.
Multiple sources have said the shooter was lawyer Nathan DeSai, whose Porsche Boxster has been searched by police,
FOX26 reported.
DeSai was listed as a partner at McDaniel & DeSai LLP, a Houston-based law firm.
DeSai's LinkedIn profile now says he's no longer affiliated with the firm. His name still appears on a glass-door at the firm's entrance.
Numerous weapons were found at the scene, Montalvo said, and a bomb-squad robot is looking at a Porsche that's believed to belong to DeSai.
Houston police say the Porsche, which is registered to DeSai, 'had additional weapons inside.'
Mayor Sylvester Turner, who is in Cuba for a trade mission, told KTRK-TV that the lawyer was 'disgruntled.'
'He was either fired or had a bad relationship with this law firm,' Turner said.
The investigation is active. It's very, very early,' the mayor added. 'We want to make sure there is no other gunman. We are checking every angle, I can assure you.'
Some witnesses have described the gunman firing dozens of shots at cars passing through a condo complex, which is near the affluent West University Place community.
Several cars with bullet holes and shattered windows were at a parking lot near the condo complex.
Of the nine wounded, one is in critical condition, another is in serious condition and three people were treated and released, Montalvo said.
Cars and windows had bullet holes at the scene where the suspect allegedly fired about 6:30am with a revolver at a strip mall.
Officials said the gunman shot from behind a tree.
Houston police said the suspect was shot by an officer, ABC13 reported.
Police 'engaged' with the shooter and eventually 'neutralized' him, KHOU reported.
His condition and identity remain unclear.
Nearby, there was increased police activity at an apartment complex on Law Street,
ABC7 reported.
One report has claimed there were 'bodies on the ground' at the scene, according ABC13.
Police considered the scene active and deployed a bomb squad after a suspicious vehicle was reported near the scene, according to the station.
At least 20 first responders were at the Randalls supermarket strip center, one official said.
'We received a call at 6:29 we had a shooting at the Petco store...the first units were directed to the parking lot where the shooting was still active,' said spokesman Jay Evans, of the Houston Fire Department , to ABC13.
'We now have approximately 20 EMS personnel vehicles on scene. We do not know, we do not have a count at this time as to how many people have been shot, but all of the people will be directed to local hospitals in the area that are going to be victims.'
Traffic in the area has been shut down since the shooting began.