The gunman who killed seven people and wounded 23 others in a rolling rampage across West Texas obtained an assault-style rifle despite failing a background check, state and law enforcement officials said on Monday
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But Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke told a news conference on Monday that Ator's past interactions with police in that area, where the gunman lived, were not serious enough to have legally prevented him from having a firearm. Story continuesTrump said last month he had spoken to the National Rifle Association gun rights group about closing loopholes in background checks but he did not want to take away the constitutional right to own guns.Hours after he was fired from his trucking job and 15 minutes after he called the FBI tip line, Ator was pulled over in a sedan by Texas state troopers on Interstate 20 in Midland for failing to use a turn signal, police said.
He shot seven people to death, leaving behind a trail of 15 crime scenes with 23 other people wounded in the rampage, officials said. The FBI has scoured Ator's home, Christopher Combs, special agent in charge of the FBI office in San Antonio, told a news conference on Monday.
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