Police kill gunman inside posh downtown Austin hotel

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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. "The 911 operator was able to hear crying in the background as well as yelling," Manley said.

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