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'Multiple' Casualties in Texas Church Shooting

by VOA News

   A local official said he was told more than 20 people were killed in a
   shooting at a church in South Texas Sunday.

   Albert Gamez, a county commissioner, also told media that 20 others
   were wounded when a man walked into a Baptist Church in Sutherland
   Springs, Texas around 11:30 am and began shooting. Police have taped
   off the area.

   The shooter was taken down by police and is now dead, according to
   local media.

   President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday afternoon that he was monitoring
   the situation from Japan, one of the stops on his five-nation Asian
   trip.

   Sutherland Springs is 48 kilometers southeast of San Antonio.