AUSTIN, Texas -- Three people were killed, including the shooter, and more than a dozen were injured in a mass shooting early Sunday morning, authorities say, adding that officers also fatally shot a suspect after responding to an emergency call.

Three Austin Police Department officers encountered a suspect armed with a gun as they entered Buford's Bar just before 2 a.m. local time, police said during a press conference on Sunday. Authorities then say the officers then returned fire, fatally shooting the man.

Three people, including a suspect, were pronounced dead at the scene, another 14 were transported to local hospitals for treatment for injuries.