Gunman Among at Least 2 Dead in Texas Shooting That Left 6 Injured: 'They Were Shooting Randomly, Just at Whoever'

Two people are dead and six wounded after a pair of gunman opened fire on a Houston neighborhood on Sunday, police announced.

Houston police responded to a report of a shooting in progress at 10:15 a.m. and arrived at Memorial Drive where at least one suspect repeatedly shot at officers, Police Chief Martha Montalvo said at a Sunday afternoon news conference.

"Our primary responding officer is lucky to be alive and was unhurt when the suspect opened fire on his patrol vehicle as it arrived on scene," police wrote in a Facebook post alongside photos of the car riddled with bullet holes.

Local residents were told to stay inside or "avoid the area."

An officer fatally shot one of the suspects and the other was injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition, officials announced in another Facebook post.

"An active shooter fired shots from a high powered weapon and caused multiple bullet strikes to one of our HPD helicopters," police wrote, noting that none of the officers in the chopper was injured.

Police said one citizen was fatally shot in the head inside a vehicle and the circumstances surrounding the death were not immediately available.

Montalvo said two deputies and three citizens were wounded in the shooting.

While police said they do not know the conditions of the wounded citizens, the two injured deputies are "expected to be okay."

Police are talking to local residents to make sense of the incident.

"We do not know what started this," Montalvo said at the news conference. "But what we do know is they were shooting randomly, just at whoever."