{UAH} Houston shooting: Nine injured, suspect dead
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Houston shooting: Nine injured, suspect dead
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- Mayor: The attorney who opened fire was a lone gunman
- More than 75 rounds were expended in gunfight; gunman had Nazi emblems with him.
(CNN)Nazi emblems were found among the "personal effects" of the man who was killed in Houston Monday after wounding nine people in a mass shooting, according to the head of the police homicide division.
Capt. D.W. Ready said the shooter was dressed in some kind of military uniform and had Nazi emblems with him and at his house.
However, Ready would not speculate on whether the Nazi insignia would help establish a motive. He said the emblems may have been collector's items. At the shooter's home, police found vintage military equipment and paraphernalia dating back to the Civil War.
"At this point we are very open-minded as to the motive," said acting Chief Martha Montalvo.
She described the shooter as a lawyer who had "issues" at his law office.
Gunshots brought quick police response
The Bellaire Police Department and West University Police Department also responded with Houston police to the report of an active shooter in a neighborhood strip mall in the affluent neighborhood of West University Place at 6:30 a.m.
Nine officers engaged the gunman in a gunfight while assisting wounded citizens, Ready said. The gunman took cover behind a tree, he said.
"Multiple officers engaged the suspect, who was shooting randomly at passersby as well as anybody he could put his sights on," Ready said. "He was wearing a military-style apparel, I don't know exactly what nationality or exactly what army or anything like that."
More than 75 expended shell casings were found at the scene, and the gunman had 2,600 rounds of ammunition for his .45-caliber pistol and .45-caliber Thompson carbine rifle, which carried a 40-round clip, Ready said.
Attorney Nathan DeSai has been identified as the shooter, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said. Police declined to identify the gunman publicly.
DeSai was a lone gunman who was disgruntled over matters at the law firm where he worked, according to the mayor, who said he'd been briefed on the shooting by police. DeSai practiced business, criminal and family law, according to his profile on the State Bar of Texas website.
Police said one victim was critically wounded and another was seriously wounded. The rifle was purchased legally in 2009, and the handgun was purchased legally in 2011, Montalvo said.
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