Nine injured, suspect killed

A gunman opened fire in Houston yesterday just before daybreak, wounding nine people before police shot and killed him, police said.

The shooter was a Houston-area lawyer, the Texas city's police chief Martha Montalvo told a news conference. She would not identify the man by name.

Police said they were investigating whether the shooting was motivated by "issues at his firm."

Of the nine people injured, six were sent to hospitals while three were treated and released near the scene of the incident. One person was in critical condition and another in serious condition, police said.

Police did not disclose what kind of gun was used.

Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner told local television station KTRK that it appeared the motivation for the shooting may have been the lawyer's relationship with his firm, which "went awry."