A gunman who opened fire at a veterans' medical clinic in West Texas killing one person is also dead.

Fort Bliss Major General Stephen Twitty did not say whether the gunman was shot by responding officers, or provide any details on the victim of the shooting at the El Paso Veterans Affairs Health Care System.

Douglas Lindquist of the FBI said there are hundreds of potential witnesses, most of whom were seeking medical care. The FBI will be interviewing those witnesses.

The clinic is in a complex that also includes the William Beaumont Army Medical Centre.

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