<div>An Indian-origin lawyer in military style clothing emblazoned with a swastika went on an early morning shooting rampage injuring nine persons in Houston on Monday, before he was killed by police.<div><br /></div><div>Nathan Desai, the 46-year-old shooter who previously worked at McDaniel & Desai LLP, was wearing a vintage military uniform and had Nazi emblems on him.</div><div><br /></div><div>Acting Houston Police Chief Martha Montalvo told reporters yesterday that police did not yet know exactly what caused Desai, described as a lawyer struggling to keep his small law practice alive, to do what he did.</div><div><br /></div><div>"At this point we are very open-minded in terms of motive," Montalvo said, adding the department was working with the FBI to find answers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Desai used a .45-caliber handgun during the assault and police later found 2,600 rounds of ammunition and a Thompson submachine gun in his car, a black convertible Porsche parked near where he was killed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Desai lived in a condominium complex near the scene of the shooting at Weslayan and Law streets.</div><div><br /></div><div>A search of his home turned up additional weapons and several pieces of military regalia and other items going back to the Civil War. The .45-caliber handgun was bought in 2011. The Thompson submachine gun was purchased in 2009, the Houston Chronicle reported, citing police.</div><div><br /></div><div>Photographs of Desai's body show he apparently wearing military-style spats strapped over his boots. He was lying face up. His dark shirt was over his face.Police said Nazi emblems were found in his clothing.</div><div><br /></div><div>"We did find some old Nazi emblems about some of his personal effects, and I understand there were some in where he lived," the paper quoted Houston Police Capt. Dwayne Ready as saying.</div><div><br /></div><div>"To what extent that played...I don't know, because there was also other, what I would refer to as historic or vintage military stuff in the apartment, going back to the Civil War."</div><div><br /></div><div>According to local media, Desai's father said his son was upset over the failure of his law firm and the business closed due to a lack of clients. He confirmed his son owned multiple guns and said he had a license to carry.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said Desai drove a black Porsche, the same type of car police were examining in the shopping centre parking lot. That car's license plate showed it was registered to Desai.</div><div><br /></div><div>Desai held a bachelor's in psychology from the University of Houston and a law degree from the University of Tulsa, where he graduated in 1998, according to the Texas State Bar Association.</div><div><br /></div><div>He specialised in criminal, business and family law, according to the bar association. Houston Police said officers had never previously encountered Desai.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday's shooting came days after a shooting at a Washington state mall left five people dead. On September 17, a 20-year-old man stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota mall before being shot to death by an off-duty police officer.</div></div>
<div>An Indian-origin lawyer in military style clothing emblazoned with a swastika went on an early morning shooting rampage injuring nine persons in Houston on Monday, before he was killed by police.<div><br /></div><div>Nathan Desai, the 46-year-old shooter who previously worked at McDaniel & Desai LLP, was wearing a vintage military uniform and had Nazi emblems on him.</div><div><br /></div><div>Acting Houston Police Chief Martha Montalvo told reporters yesterday that police did not yet know exactly what caused Desai, described as a lawyer struggling to keep his small law practice alive, to do what he did.</div><div><br /></div><div>"At this point we are very open-minded in terms of motive," Montalvo said, adding the department was working with the FBI to find answers.</div><div><br /></div><div>Desai used a .45-caliber handgun during the assault and police later found 2,600 rounds of ammunition and a Thompson submachine gun in his car, a black convertible Porsche parked near where he was killed.</div><div><br /></div><div>Desai lived in a condominium complex near the scene of the shooting at Weslayan and Law streets.</div><div><br /></div><div>A search of his home turned up additional weapons and several pieces of military regalia and other items going back to the Civil War. The .45-caliber handgun was bought in 2011. The Thompson submachine gun was purchased in 2009, the Houston Chronicle reported, citing police.</div><div><br /></div><div>Photographs of Desai's body show he apparently wearing military-style spats strapped over his boots. He was lying face up. His dark shirt was over his face.Police said Nazi emblems were found in his clothing.</div><div><br /></div><div>"We did find some old Nazi emblems about some of his personal effects, and I understand there were some in where he lived," the paper quoted Houston Police Capt. Dwayne Ready as saying.</div><div><br /></div><div>"To what extent that played...I don't know, because there was also other, what I would refer to as historic or vintage military stuff in the apartment, going back to the Civil War."</div><div><br /></div><div>According to local media, Desai's father said his son was upset over the failure of his law firm and the business closed due to a lack of clients. He confirmed his son owned multiple guns and said he had a license to carry.</div><div><br /></div><div>He said Desai drove a black Porsche, the same type of car police were examining in the shopping centre parking lot. That car's license plate showed it was registered to Desai.</div><div><br /></div><div>Desai held a bachelor's in psychology from the University of Houston and a law degree from the University of Tulsa, where he graduated in 1998, according to the Texas State Bar Association.</div><div><br /></div><div>He specialised in criminal, business and family law, according to the bar association. Houston Police said officers had never previously encountered Desai.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yesterday's shooting came days after a shooting at a Washington state mall left five people dead. On September 17, a 20-year-old man stabbed 10 people at a Minnesota mall before being shot to death by an off-duty police officer.</div></div>