Three people were killed today in
a midday shootout two blocks from Texas A&M University in College Station.
Brian Bachmann, a longtime Brazos County constable, was fatally shot
from inside a house, Assistant Police Chief Scott McCollum said at a news
briefing.
The gunman, 35-year-old Thomas Alton Caffall, was shot by police, said
Jay Socol, spokesman for the City of College Station. He died in custody.
The third victim was not immediately identified.
Two officers were treated for "non-life-threatening" injuries
and a civilian woman was having surgery, Socol said.
College Station police were investigating why Bachmann was at the home
and what prompted the shootout, McCollum said.
McCollum said his department and several other agencies are
interviewing "many, many different witnesses" and sifting through
"multiple crime scenes" to try piece together details of the
incident.
"It's very chaotic, and we're gathering a whole lot of
information," McCollum said.
Texas A&M spokeswoman Sherylon Carroll said most students were not
on campus Monday. The fall semester begins Aug. 27.
The shooting occurred just two blocks from George Bush Drive, a street
that borders campus and is lined with restaurants and shops frequented by
students, said Kathryn Greenwade, spokeswoman for the Association of Former
Students at Texas A&M University.
As the university sent out text-message alerts and tweets warning
faculty and staff of the shooting, officials at the association, a quarter-mile
from where the shooting took place, locked the building's doors and directed
the staff to stay put, Greenwade said. The proximity of the shooting was
unnerving, she said.
"It hits close to home," she said.
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