HOUSTON: Three people were killed and 14 wounded in a shooting overnight at a bar in Austin, the capital of the US state of Texas, police said Sunday. The gunman, who was not identified, was among the dead, Austin police chief Lisa Davis said at a press conference. The assailant was shot by police who responded to the shooting, which took place around 2:00 am at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden in downtown Austin, Davis said. She said the officers “were faced with the individual with a gun and three of our officers returned fire, killing the suspect.” A motive was not immediately known. “This is a tragic, tragic incident,” Davis said.