UPDATED 12:54 P.M. ET (U.S.A.) An airplane reported to be “small” has crashed into a seven-story building in Austin, the state capital of Texas.
NBC affiliate KXAN is reporting that at least two people have been injured, that the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are on the scene, and that an office of the Internal Revenue Service is located in the building.
The building is known as the Echelon Building. Firefighters are on the scene. The crash occurred in North Austin.
MSNBC has a live feed of KXAN’s coverage. The station is reporting that the plane was flying “very low” at a high rate of speed.
Meanwhile, Fox News is reporting that the incident is being investigated as an “intentional act.”
CNN, quoting a “federal official,” is reporting that the suspect in the case set his home on fire this morning, stole the plane and crashed it into the building.