HOUSTON, June 17 (Xinhua) -- A masked shooter was shot dead Monday morning in downtown Dallas, Texas, the United States, after he opened fire outside a federal building, police said.
According to police, the man, wearing a mask, combat gear and glasses, opened fire with an assault rifle outside the Earle Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas. No one else was injured.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno identified the shooter as Brian Isaack Clyde. Clyde died at the scene after police responded to an active shooter call. It is not clear why the 22-year-old would target the federal building.
Local media Dallas Morning News photographer Tom Fox was at the scene when the shooting happened. According to Fox, he was outside the building when a man in a mask parked the car near the building. The masked man ran and then stopped in the street to pick something off the ground. The man then began shooting at the building and cracked the glass of the door, Fox said.
The shooting happened only a couple of hours before a new mayor, Eric Johnson, and a new City Council were sworn in to serve Dallas.
Monday's shooting was a block away from the July 7, 2016 ambush where five police officers were killed by a gunman.
