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Texas police: two suspects at large after shooting leaves 'multiple victims' Texas police: suspect 'shot and killed' after shooting leaves 'multiple victims'
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Police in Texas said on Saturday two gunmen were at large after a shooting, reportedly at a branch of the Home Depot hardware store in Odessa, left “multiple gunshot victims”. Police in Texas said a gunman “was shot and killed” after an incident in which “multiple gunshot victims” were reported.
Odessa police said a suspect “hijacked a US mail carrier truck” and added: “Subject (possibly 2) is currently driving around Odessa shooting at random people. At this time there are multiple gunshot victims.” “It has been confirmed that the active shooter was shot and killed at the Cinergy in Odessa,” Midland police said in a post to Facebook. “There is no active shooter at this time. All agencies are investigating reports of possible suspects.”
In its post to Facebook, the Odessa police department said: “The suspect just hijacked a US mail carrier truck and was last seen in the area of 38th and Walnut. Everyone is encouraged to get off the road and use extreme caution! All law enforcement is currently searching for the suspect and more information will be released as soon as it becomes available.” Midland and Odessa are in the western part of Texas, about 20 miles apart. Cinergy is a cinema and entertainment chain.
Local and national media reported the Texas Department of Public Safety said several people including an officer had been shot. The University of Texas of the Permian Basin was on lockdown. The mayor of Midland, Jerry Morales, told CNN “at least 20 citizens” had been injured, not necessarily all by gunshots. One Midland police officer and one state law enforcement official were in surgery for non-life-threatening injuries, he said.
In a first post on its own Facebook page on Saturday afternoon, the Midland police department noted reports of “an active shooter” at the Home Depot in Odessa and advised people to stay off the roads. The only fatality Morales said he knew of was the suspect.
In an update, the department posted: “We believe there are two shooters in two separate vehicles. One suspect is believed to be at the Cinergy in Midland and the other is believed to be driving on Loop 250 in Midland.” Earlier, there were reports from both the Midland and Odessa police departments that there were two suspects in the shooting, which Midland police originally said began at a Home Depot store in Odessa.
A spokeswoman for Home Depot later said in an email: “There was not a shooting in our store in Odessa (or Midland).”
Mayor Morales said: “We are hoping this is just one shooter and we have contained him.”
According to Morales, the shooter was pulled over and “that’s when he took off and started shooting randomly”.
Morales said “I do not know anything about the person or what the motive was.”
The suspect was engaged and killed in the parking lot of the Cinergy, the mayor said, adding that was between Odessa and Midland.
The Midland police department first announced reports of “an active shooter” in Odessa and advised people to stay off the roads.
On Facebook, the department added: “We believe there are two shooters in two separate vehicles. One suspect is believed to be at the Cinergy in Midland and the other is believed to be driving on Loop 250 in Midland.”
The statement added: “The two vehicles in question are: gold/white small Toyota truck and a USPS Postal Van. Please stay away from these areas and stay indoors.”The statement added: “The two vehicles in question are: gold/white small Toyota truck and a USPS Postal Van. Please stay away from these areas and stay indoors.”
The Cinergy in Midland is a multiplex cinema. Midland and Odessa are in the western part of Texas, about 20 miles apart. Odessa police said a suspect “hijacked a US mail carrier truck” and added: “Subject (possibly 2) is currently driving around Odessa shooting at random people. At this time there are multiple gunshot victims.”
According to a local CBS affiliate, authorities later brought a suspect into custody at the Cinergy cinema. The station also reported that the City of Odessa said there were 20 injuries. Odessa police added: “The suspect just hijacked a US mail carrier truck and was last seen in the area of 38th and Walnut. Everyone is encouraged to get off the road and use extreme caution! All law enforcement is currently searching for the suspect and more information will be released as soon as it becomes available.”
The White House said Donald Trump had been briefed. The president, who was monitoring the approach of Hurricane Dorian on Saturday, flew to his golf club in Virginia earlier, from the Maryland retreat at Camp David. Amid the confusion, the University of Texas of the Permian Basin was on lockdown.
The White House said Donald Trump had been briefed. The president, monitoring the approach of Hurricane Dorian, flew to his golf club in Virginia earlier from the Maryland retreat at Camp David.
Early on Saturday evening, he tweeted: “Just briefed by Attorney General Barr about the shootings in Texas. FBI and Law Enforcement is fully engaged. More to follow.”
The former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro, a candidate for the Democratic nomination to run against Trump, said on Twitter: “Heartbreaking news out of Odessa and Midland, Texas as police search for an active shooter at-large. Stay indoors and monitor news alerts and safety protocols.”The former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro, a candidate for the Democratic nomination to run against Trump, said on Twitter: “Heartbreaking news out of Odessa and Midland, Texas as police search for an active shooter at-large. Stay indoors and monitor news alerts and safety protocols.”
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