By Sky News US Team
One American has been shot dead and another wounded after their car was fired upon in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.
A suspect, identified as a Saudi man born in the United States, was arrested after the shooting on Tuesday in the city's eastern district, a police spokesman told state media.
The gunman opened fire on the Americans at a petrol station, according to the statement carried by the SPA state news agency.
The suspect was also wounded during an exchange of gunfire with security forces, the statement said.
His condition and the condition of the surviving victim was not immediately known.
Both were taken to hospital.
An investigation is under way to determine a motive for the shooting, Interior Ministry spokesman Major General Mansour Turki said.
A third US national in a separate vehicle witnessed the shooting, Mr Turki said.
The gun attack resulted in the first killing of a Westerner in Saudi Arabia in years.
In 2007, three French nationals were shot dead while camping in the northwest of the kingdom.
The group of gunmen suspected of carrying out that attack allegedly had ties to al Qaeda. They are awaiting a verdict in the case.
From 2003 to 2006, al Qaeda carried out a series of attacks across Saudi Arabia on foreign and government targets that killed hundreds before being crushed by the kingdom's security forces.
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