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The man fired a few rounds, but no one else was reported injured, according to reports. A second shooter is wanted by the Austin, Texas, campus of the tower sniper Charles Whitman killed 14 in 1966.

Reporting from Atlanta - A gunman with an automatic weapon killed himself after allegedly firing a few rounds in the morning in a library at the University of Texas at Austin campus, the scene of one of the first shots and the most notorious history American campuses, according to the academic and local reports.

Although no injuries were reported, half authorities.On shooter is wanted for its website, the university reported at 9:43 am CDT to "PCL Library suspected shooter is dead," referring to the Perry-Castañeda Library, the library huge main campus. "Police are seeking a second suspect. If you are out of school, stay away. If you're on campus, the doors, not leaving the building."

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A gunman opened fire in a library at the University of Texas at Austin, and then shot and killed himself, police officers and the university on Tuesday.

Police Chief Art Acevedo told NBC News that the dead man suffered what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. No shots were fired by police, said Acevedo.

NBC News reported that the officers had an AK-47 recovered from scene.University spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon said no one else was injured during shooting Tuesday morning in the Perry-Castañeda Library.

Weldon said a man opened fire in the library, then fatally shot himself.NBC News reported that witnesses saw a man in a dark suit shots around the local time 08:15.

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A gunman wearing a ski mask and brandishing a shotgun entered a library of the University of Texas at Austin today and shot several times before taking his own life, causing a blockage around the campus and fears that a second shooter may be on the loose.

Shortly before noon, central time, a campus lock in place for about 8 hours rose, ending a search for a possible second suspect. "The armed suspect is dead. No other injuries were reported," UT President Bill Powers wrote in a campus e-mail.

The gunman was found dead on the sixth floor of the library apparently self-inflicted wounds, police said.An email and SMS alert sent to students and teachers about 8 hours, as the day of the first classes began warns that an "armed men were reported recently in Perry Castaneda Library" and telling students to stay in place.

"I went to class a little late," said senior Robby Reeb ABCNews.com. "I ran out of the business school, and a man running past me screaming, 'There's a man with a gun." I looked up and saw a man with a ski mask, a suit and carrying an assault rifle. And I called 911. "

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A gunman opened fire Tuesday at a campus library at the University of Texas and then fatally shot, and police are looking for a possible second suspect, the university police said.A man fired an automatic weapon in the sixth floor of the Perry-Castañeda Library early Tuesday, UT police spokeswoman Rhonda Weldon said.

"He then shot himself. He is dead," he said, adding that no one else was reported injured.Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a press conference that police are investigating what they described as a means of crime outside the library where shots were fired too.Randall Wilhelm, associate professor of law at the university, said he was heading to class when he saw that "students begin pursuing revolver trash cans, trees and monuments ", and then a young man with an assault rifle, running down the street.

"It was a cross for me ... and shot what I thought were three shots ... not for me. In my address, but not me, of course not for me," said Prof. Said goalkeeper Guillermo . The opportunity to shoot several students and Wilhelm, but not.Police patrolled nearby buildings with bomb-sniffing dogs to find the second suspect as possible and ensure that no explosives were left behind.

"What we are doing so methodically eliminating the second suspect," said Acevedo.No shots were fired by police, university officials said.Police Acevedo and urged students to stay home. The university canceled classes for the day. "Suspect shot dead in the PCL library. The police are looking for a second shooter possible. Locking doors, not leaving the building," the university said in an e-mail alert to students and staff. Weldon said there is no report that the possible second suspect may be armed, but police are taking all precautions and keep the campus closed.

Investigators trying to determine what led to the shooting at the UT campus in Austin, which is one of the nation's largest with about 50,000 students.Law maintaining the campus police, police in Austin and the Department of State for Public Security raided the campus The first reports of gunfire. armored tank and is placed near the library. A DPS helicopter around the campus overhead.Jennifer Scalora, who works in revenues, was in his office about 100 meters from the library. She said police, SWAT teams and helicopters are swarming the campus, but in reality are the only ones around.