Police kill gunman inside posh downtown Austin hotel
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - An early Sunday shootout in the lobby of a swank downtown Austin hotel ended when police killed a man after he apparently randomly gunned down another person, police said.
The shootings at the Omni Austin Hotel, about four blocks from the Texas state Capitol, happened just before 5 a.m. CDT, police said.
A 911 caller reported a man walking around with a gun in the lobby of the hotel, a sleek high-rise with a soaring atrium overlooking the city's historic Sixth Street district, said Assistant Police Chief Brian Manley.
Two minutes later, the caller reported that the man had just shot someone, he said.
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)hack89
(39,171 posts)Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)At a posh hotel. I wonder when the rich will start feeling threatened too and some serious anti-NRA lobbying will start...
valerief
(53,235 posts)You can't bring guns to places where legislators or other state officials might do business.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Got it.
MADem
(135,425 posts)What was that about, then? A "hit?" A random act of violence? Mental illness?
So many questions....
Stuart G
(38,458 posts)LeftinOH
(5,359 posts)until the precise moment he fired his weapon, right?
hack89
(39,171 posts)open carry of handguns is illegal in Texas.
valerief
(53,235 posts)you could wear gun-trimmed hats, gun-festooned jackets, and gun-toed shoes anywhere you wanted any time you wanted, because, you know, freedumb and America and libertea.
hack89
(39,171 posts)just saying.
Paladin
(28,283 posts)And you smug blue-staters keep assuring we long-time Texas Democrats that Austin is The Only Cool Place In The State.
valerief
(53,235 posts)alerted. However, I can easily take an insult from an anonymous intertuber.
I only responded, because you raise a good point. Austin isn't like the rest of Texas.
They_Live
(3,246 posts)not a handgun.
valerief
(53,235 posts)like a handgun? I would think in Texas carrying a rifle would be a sign that one was blessed from god. Or some crap like that.
They_Live
(3,246 posts)Whoops. Whatev...
valerief
(53,235 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,411 posts)Michael Holt was not just an innovator, he was also a politician. He ran as a libertarian and lost local races for justice of the peace and county clerk. This year Holt went big, he filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for President of the United States.
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/29485992/omni-shooter-holt-left-behind-no-red-flags
http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?candidateCommitteeId=P60007812&tabIndex=3
Victim was a cab driver:
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Part of Contreras' routine included stopping at the Omni Hotel where he would pick up trips. That's where police say he was killed by Michael Holt, 35.
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Two months ago Holt rented desk space at the Capital Factory. The business incubator is located inside the same building as the Omni Hotel. Capital Factory Founder Joshua Baer expressed his condolences for the victims of this senseless tragedy. In a statement issued to FOX 7 he said "I don't believe that this incident had anything to do with Capital Factory or any other members."
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/29485893/austin-yellow-cab-driver-army-vet-murdered-outside-omni-hotel