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Published March 20, 2016
Shots were fired early Sunday on a downtown Austin, Texas, street crowded with people celebrating at the South by Southwest music and technology festival, police said.
Austin Police said several shots were fired into the air around 1:30 a.m. Sunday and witnesses said the gunfire caused the crowd to run in panic.
Police said one person was taken into custody and the gun was recovered, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
There were no reports of injuries, the paper reported.
“Just witnessed shots fired at SXSW causing crowd of people to run in panic,” a local TV reporter tweeted early Sunday.
Just witnessed Shots fired at SXSW causing crowd of people to run in panic. Details still pending. #SXSW
— Kristin Diaz (@KristinDiaz_TV) March 20, 2016
Saturday was the last night of SXSW 2016.
The City of Austin sent out a tweet early Sunday warning of shots fired near the intersection of Sixth Street and Trinity that was closed to traffic and extremely crowded, the paper reported.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/shots-fired-in-the-air-at-the-south-by-southwest-festival-in-texas