In the United States, at least eight people were killed and seven others wounded yesterday as a gunman opened fire on shoppers at an outlet mall north of Dallas in Texas. Hundreds of people were evacuated from the mall, as eyewitnesses described a man firing indiscriminately at passers-by. The city's police chief Brian Harvey said at a press conference that the gunman was killed by a police officer after he began firing outside of the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen.<br />''<br />''Allen fire department chief Jon Boyd told the same press conference that his department took at least nine victims with gunshot wounds to area hospitals, two of whom died. In a statement, Medical City Healthcare said, its trauma centres were treating the wounded victims. In a statement, Texas Governor Greg Abbott described the shooting as an unspeakable tragedy assuring that the state was prepared to offer any assistance local authorities may need.<br />