Two people were found dead inside a Texas medical building late on Tuesday after a SWAT situation that lasted more than six hours, according to NBC affiliate KXAN.
Austin police said officers responded to a “disturbance call” just before 4:30 pm in a “commercial building” on 1900 block on West 35th Street. Later, KXAN identified the building as a Children’s Medical Group.
A robot unit was sent into the building, police said. After the camera identified a “blocked subject”, members of the SWAT team were called to the scene and entered the facility, police said.
They tried to communicate with the person blocked inside the office by a speaker, KXAN reported.
“We haven’t talked to you in a few hours and we want to make sure you’re okay,” said a SWAT member, according to the news station.
Loud bangs could be heard around 10:50 pm, the news station reported. Jody Barr, a KXAN reporter at the scene, wrote about Twitter that he heard “multiple explosions” that sounded like gunshots. What followed was silence, Barr reported.
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Shortly after midnight, Austin police said about Twitter “The SWAT situation is over” and they found the bodies of the two victims. Their names were not released.
The investigation was turned over to the police department’s homicide unit.
Authorities will provide an update on Wednesday morning.
Children’s Medical Group did not immediately respond to a request for comment. As of Wednesday morning, the company’s website appeared to be down.
