Deadly mass shooting at Cole’s flea market in Pearland, Texas leaves one child dead

Police are reportedly still searching for the suspect, who shot three adults and two juveniles – one of which later passed away in hospital as a result of their injuries.

The suspect reportedly began shooting at Cole’s Flea Market in the Houston suburb of Pearland on Sunday afternoon after a “disturbance between two individuals” occurred.

The shooter is still at large, according to Pearland police public information officer Chad Rogers.

“At this time there is an active investigation going. Preliminary investigation revealed that this started because there was a disturbance between two individuals that resulted in gunfire.

“We’re not sure if they both had firearms, or if just one had firearms, or how many rounds were fired. But it appears that the subjects got involved in a disturbance and that resulted in a shooting.

“Currently no one is in custody. We do not know if it is one shooters or two shooters.

“This is extremely tragic whenever someone is a victim of gun violence. It is an extremely tragic act.

“We’re working to identify who is responsible for this.”

Rogers added that he did not believe that the shooting was a “targeted” and said that police did not believe there to be any threats to the public.

“It does not appear to be a targeted attack on the flea market,” he said.

“Cole’s Flea Market has been around for as long as I remember.

“Typically on a weekend it is a very populated space, there are usually thousands of people there.

“We are not aware of any threats to the public at this time.”

No other information about the age, gender or condition of the victims has been released.

The shooting is the latest mass shooting in the US this year.

Last month army reservist Robert Card shot 18 people dead at bowling alley in Maine.

He was found dead two days after the shooting.

In May, a gunman killed eight people at a shopping centre in Dallas, Texas.

Mauricio Garcia, 33, started his rampage outside an H&M clothing store in the mall’s car park before heading inside.

Among the eight victims included Indian engineer Aishwarya Thatikonda, who lived in Dallas, and 20-year-old centre security guard Christian LaCour.

One child who survived was reportedly found under the bloodied body of his mother.

Seven others, aged from five to 61, were injured.

The state was also home to the tragic Robb Elementary school shooting back in May 2022, which saw 18-year-old Salvador Ramos kill 19 children and two adults in Uvalde, Texas.