City officials identified the attorney who injured nine people Monday in a shooting in southwest Houston as Nathan DeSai, the Houston Chronicle reported.

DeSai opened fire, apparently at random, at people as they were in their vehicles on Monday, according to police.

Firefighters stumbled upon the shooting-in-progress when they arrived at the intersection of Bissonnett and Weslayan streets around 6:30 a.m. in response to a call about a discharged firearm, Assistant Fire Chief Richard Mann said.

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Nine people were injured, Interim Police Chief Martha Montalvo said.

DeSai "was firing actively at officers" when police arrived, Montalvo said. DeSai was shot and killed by police.

Here is what we know about Monday's attack:

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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