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Reports of a shooting in Georgetown, Texas. (Unsplash)<\/p>\nReports of a shooting in Georgetown, Texas, have emerged. According to the local newspaper The Williamson County Sun, the incident involved an officer-involved shooting on The Square.<\/p>\n
Reports of a shooting in Georgetown, Texas. (Unsplash)<\/p>\n
A large law enforcement presence remains in the area as Georgetown Police investigate the incident.<\/p>\n
Authorities have yet to release an official statement or provide further details.<\/p>\n
What witnesses and local residents are reporting<\/p>\n
Several local residents have taken to social media to report what they say happened. Unconfirmed accounts suggest the incident involved a single person who allegedly posed a threat and was shot by law enforcement. Some residents said the person died at the scene.<\/p>\n
Witnesses also reported that the shooting happened near Gold Burger and Divas on The Square.<\/p>\n
One witness said on Facebook that she was at Gold Diner when the incident occurred. <\/p>\n
“Like so many in our little town, we are visibly shaken,” she wrote.<\/p>\n
The witness described Georgetown as a \u201cfamily-friendly, active, close-knit community\u201d and said the incident was unsettling for residents.<\/p>\n
“Our thoughts are with everyone who witnessed or was affected by what happened. Please check on your friends, family, and neighbors today. And a HUGE thank you to the Georgetown Police Department for responding, protecting our community, and doing what you do to keep us safe. We are incredibly grateful for you.”<\/p>\n
Another local resident wrote on social media, “Supposedly a person opened fire and was immediately taken out by law enforcement.”<\/p>\n
These accounts have not been independently verified, and authorities have not confirmed details about the suspect, whether shots were fired by the individual, or whether anyone was killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports of a shooting in Georgetown, Texas, have emerged. According to the local newspaper The Williamson County Sun,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[146442,146440,146439,146441,27,29,28,74054,2538],"class_list":["post-420499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-georgetown-active-shooter","tag-georgetown-shooting","tag-georgetown-texas-shooting","tag-georgetown-the-square-shooting","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-shooting-today","tag-williamson-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}