The alleged gunman who killed seven people in western Texas on Saturday called the police and an FBI tip line, making 'rambling statements' about being fired by his employer before he went on his drive-by mass shooting rampage, police said.
The alleged gunman who killed seven people and injured more than 20 in Odessa and Midland in western Texas on Saturday called the police and an FBI tip line, making"rambling statements" about being fired by his employer before he went on his drive-by mass shooting rampage, police said on Monday.
Christopher Combs, special agent in charge of the FBI field office in San Antonio, described the calls Ator made to law enforcement as the"rambling and incoherent" gibberish of someone in"great mental distress." Combs said the condition of Ator's Odessa home when investigators searched it on Saturday also indicated the person who lived there was in the throes of mental instability.
Gerke said the trooper had no prior knowledge of the phone calls Ator made to law enforcement before pulling the suspect over. Gerke said the carnage could have been much worse had the police not killed Ator before he got inside a crowded movie theater. Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott posted a message on Twitter on Monday saying Ator not only had a criminal record, but he had also once failed a background check when he tried to purchase a gun.
Ator pleaded guilty to the two misdemeanor charges and was sentenced to 24 months of court probation, according to the records.
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