More on the 17-month-old girl who was injured in the attack, plus heartbreaking footage of survivors taking cover as police exchanged fire with the gunman
A pickup truck that the gunman fired on during his shooting spree sits on the side of Interstate 20 with bullet holes in the passenger side window. Photo: Ernest Villanueva/Twitter At least five people were killed and another 21 injured after a white male gunman opened fire on police and random civilians along Interstate 20 and Highway 191 in the West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa. The gunman was later cornered and killed by police.
Police ultimately cornered the shooter in the parking lot of the Cinergy movie theater in Odessa, where they shot and killed him in the ensuing gun battle. The Victims Five people were killed and another 21 injured, including three law enforcement officers, according to Odessa police. It’s not clear how many of the injured were shot by the gunman.
The Gunman The gunman has not been identified, but Odessa police chief Michael Gerke said at an afternoon press conference that he was a white man in his 30s. The motive of the shooter is not yet clear, nor is why he was pulled over. Texas governor Greg Abbott, who has repeatedly worked to loosen gun control regulations in his state, called for unity on Saturday and offered his “unwavering support” to the victims of the new shooting in West Texas. He added that he wanted “to remind all Texans that we will not allow the Lone Star State to be overrun by hatred and violence.”
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