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Texas Capitol shooting: Active shooter alert prompts evacuation; Austin police take action
The Texas Capitol building in Austin was partly evacuated on Tuesday amid an active shooter alert. Several state representatives and local media outlets posted videos from the scene, showing chaos. Officers could be seen escorting people off the campus. The Texas Capitol building was evacuated on Tuesday amid an active shooter threat(Unsplash)
Protest organizer Melody Tremallo, as per KFox 14, said she was shown a video of the shooter threat.
"The captain came up to me and informed me that there was likely going to be... likely going to clear out the Capitol building on the grounds due to an imminent shooter threat. I was shown the video of somebody whose rhetoric basically went to the effect of...," Tremallo said.
Reporter Yami Virgin, who was on the scene, posted a video on Facebook."We have been asked to evacuate amid an active shooter threat," she could be heard saying.
