Overview

• Austin Police identified 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker as the suspect in Monday’s afternoon shooting outside a north Austin Target store.
• Online jail records show he is held at the Travis County Jail on charges of capital murder by terror threat, capital murder of a person under 10 years old and first-degree murder.
• Officers say Nieneker opened fire around 2:15 p.m., killing two victims at the scene and a third later at a hospital.
• The suspect fled in a stolen car, crashed it, then carjacked a second vehicle and was subdued with a Taser in south Austin.
• Authorities are reviewing his extensive criminal history and reported mental-health holds while continuing to gather evidence and seek a motive.