The man fired a number of rounds but no one else is reported injured, reports say. A second shooter is being sought on the Austin, Texas, campus where tower sniper Charles Whitman killed 14 in 1966.
Los Angeles Times
September 28, 2010|8:22 a.m.
— A man armed with an automatic weapon reportedly shot himself to death after firing off a number of rounds Tuesday morning at a library on the University of Texas at Austin campus, the scene of one of the earliest and most notorious campus shootings in U.S. history, according to the university and local media reports.
Though no injuries were reported, a second shooter is being sought by authorities.
On its website, the university reported at 9:43 a.m. CDT that "a suspected shooter in PCL Library is dead," a reference to the Perry-Castaneda Library, the main library on the sprawling campus. "Law enforcement are searching for a second suspect. If you are off campus, STAY AWAY. If you are on campus, lock doors, do not leave your building."
The Austin American Statesman reported that the shooter was a male with an automatic weapon who died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on the library's sixth floor. Don Hale, a university spokesman, told the paper that there were no reports that anyone else was shot. The shooter, he said, had no identification.
The paper said officials were looking for another gunman because witnesses gave differing descriptions of the shooter.
Texas' flagship university was the site of one of the most notorious campus shootings in 1966, when a troubled student, Charles Whitman, mounted the observation deck of the school's iconic tower, killing 14 people and wounding 32 others before being shot and killed by an Austin police officer.
