Steph Solis, and John Bacon

USA TODAY

A manhunt was underway in Austin after a gunman opened fire on a crowded downtown street as bars were closing Sunday, killing one person and wounding four others, police said.

Austin Police Chief of Staff Brian Manley said five people were shot shortly after 2 a.m. on Sixth Street, a bustling seven-block entertainment district lined with historic buildings that now house bars, upscale restaurants, trendy shops and music venues.

Relatives identified the victim as 30-year-old Teqnika Moultrie.

Ricky Moultrie of Las Vegas, told the Austin American-Statesman that his sister lived in the Bay Area and had traveled to Austin to visit her fiancée’s family. She was with her fiancée downtown when she was shot, Moultrie said.

Manley said it was not clear if the shooter and victims knew each other, but Ricky Moultrie said he did not know anything about the person of interest identified by police in the shooting. He is a resident of San Marcos with several felony burglary convictions, according to court records. He was scheduled to appear in Hays County Court in September for a possession of marijuana charge. His attorney in the case said he hadn’t had any contact with him Sunday and that the last time he saw him was more than a week ago, the American-Statesman reported.

He was described as 5’9”, 130 pounds, with long corn rows and a goatee. He was was considered armed, according to police.

Sam Vedamanikam, 26, told the American-Statesman that he and several friends were walking to their car when four or five shots rang out.

“There were just tons of people on Sixth Street and I see all of them jump toward the ground,” he said. “A lot of people were screaming.”

Police were attempting to collect video from the scene, he said.

"We know a lot of individuals have captured the incident or the aftermath of this incident on their cellphones and other devices,” Manley added. "We ask that anyone who has video ... please forward that to us.”

Seven minutes after the first incident, police received reports of another incident several blocks away in which a suspect fired a gun at another person in a parking garage, Manley said. No one was injured, and nearby individuals disarmed the suspect, who was injured and transported to a hospital.

The two incidents together led police to tweet out an active shooter warning, Manley said, but police now believe the shootings were not related.

Police secured both crime scenes and warned people to avoid downtown.

"On behalf of the Austin Police Department we wish to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the young woman who lost her life to this senseless act of violence and wishes for a speedy recovery to the individuals wounded," Police Chief Art Acevedo said in a statement. "The men and women of the Austin Police Department will work tireless to identify and apprehend the person responsible."