WICHITA FALLS, Texas (AP) - Wichita Falls police are investigating whether a rampage that left two people dead and four hurt -- was about race.
Police say a white man shot up a book store cafe, wounding four women, then killed a bar worker before holing up in a home -- and committing suicide.
Sgt. Joe Snyder says Ross William Muehlberger's rampage, which ended early yesterday, may have been motivated by racial hatred.
Snyder says several witnesses said the suspect was yelling racial epithets during Tuesday night's shootings.
Three of the wounded women are black. The other is Hispanic. None suffered life-threatening injuries. Two are stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base.
-- Muehlberger was facing aggravated assault charges in the October stabbing of two men at a Lake Wichita park. He'd been sentenced to probation in 2008 after pleading guilty to aggravated robbery.
-- He was charged with aggravated assault on Dec. 31 for allegedly threatening to kill a girlfriend.
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