A British tourist has been shot dead in a bar in Texas. Thomas Reeve, 28, was killed in the city of Amarillo when shots were fired at several drinkers, the Foreign Office confirmed.
The attack happened at the Spotted Pony Lounge in the town at about 10.45pm local time on Thursday.
Police said Reeve arrived in Amarillo a few hours before the shooting. He was travelling across the US with two friends.
He died at Northwest Texas hospital after being shot in the torso. An autopsy was being performed in Lubbock, the Amarillo Globe-News reported.
Reeve was drinking in the bar with his friends. They had rented a car in California and stopped in Amarillo on a trip to Florida.
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the death of Thomas Reeve and we are providing consular assistance to the family."
Another customer, Gordon Gollihugh, 48, was shot in the hand and taken to a local hospital, according to the connectamarillo.com website.
The gunman hit other customers with his fist, took purses, wallets and money from the bar's cash register and forced a woman to remove some of her clothing, according to officers. Ray Carlos Cisneros, 25, was arrested yesterday and was being questioned over the shooting, according to the Amarillo Globe-News.
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When we saw it was a UK national who had just got into Amarillo that day it made our hearts sink 
