Five Killed, 21 Injured In Texas Mass Shooting
Police cars and tape block off a crime scene nearby to where a gunman was shot and killed at Cinergy Odessa movie theater after multiple people were shot on August 31, 2019 in Odessa, Texas. Cengiz Yar/Getty Images/AFPA gunman hijacked a US postal truck and opened fire at random in the US state of Texas Saturday, shooting dead at least five people and wounding many others before dying in a shootout with officers.
“We have at least 21 victims, 21 shooting victims and at least five deceased at this point in time,” Odessa city Police Chief Michael Gerke told reporters.The Odessa Police Department had earlier reported that a suspect was “driving around Odessa shooting at random people” and “just hijacked a US mail carrier truck.
“I just found out a friend of mine passed away,” David Turner, the mayor of Odessa where the incident ended, told Fox News. Police said the suspect died during an exchange of fire with law enforcement at a movie theater in Odessa. In that case, officers arrested Patrick Crusius, 21, a white Texan, who told police that he was targeting “Mexicans,” according to an arrest warrant published by US media.
O’Rourke, a Democratic presidential hopeful, expressed sympathy with “everyone in West Texas who has to endure this again.”
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