A gunman has shot and killed eight people shopping at a mall north of Dallas, Texas.
Hundreds of people were evacuated from the mall in the city of Allen, as eyewitnesses described a man firing indiscriminately at passers-by.
Police said they shot the gunman dead and believe he acted alone.
Some of the victims are reported to be children and at least seven people are being treated in hospital, three of whom are critically ill.
Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd says seven people - including the gunman - were pronounced dead at the scene and two died later in hospital.
US police have asked members of the public with video captured at the scene to contact the FBI, as they collect evidence.
In the US so far this year there have been at least 198 mass shootings in which four or more people were killed or wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
That is the most at this point in the year since at least 2016.
[Source: BBC]
