TYLER, Texas, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire outside a county courthouse in Tyler, Texas, Thursday, killing his estranged wife and a bystander.
Police said the shooter, David Hernandez Arroyo, fled from the scene in a vehicle, but officers fatally wounded him during a chase, KLTV-TV in Tyler reported.
Three other people were wounded when the gunman opened fire with a rifle outside the Smith County Courthouse about 1:30 p.m. They were identified as a Tyler police detective, a Smith County sheriff's deputy, and Arroyo's son.
The Arroyo's were reportedly at the courthouse on a child support or custody issue.
"I saw people lying everywhere that had been shot," attorney Nathan Hoffman told the Tyler Morning Telegram after the shooting spree. He works in an office across the street.
Hoffman said he locked the front door of his office and crawled on the floor, urging co-workers to get down.
