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   At least 24 people were shot and five people were killed   
   Saturday in a series of shootings in the area of Midland and   
   Odessa, Texas, an Odessa city official told Fox News.   
      
   A suspect, who local police identified only as a white male in   
   his mid-30s, was shot and killed at an Odessa movie theater,   
   local police said.   
      
      
   Odessa police chief Michael Gerke said that the tally of victims   
   included three injured law enforcement officers and at least 21   
   civilians. It was not clear whether the number of dead included   
   the shooter, nor was it clear whether that number was included   
   among the 21 civilian victims.   
      
      
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   Thinking of our fellow Texans in Midland/Odessa. To the involved   
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   City spokesperson Devin Sanchez told Fox News that the incident   
   began with the shooting of a Texas state trooper at 3:17 p.m.   
   during a traffic stop on Interstate 20 in Midland County. After   
   that shooting, the suspect continued west into Odessa and shot   
   another person on Interstate 20 before driving around the   
   eastern part of the city, where there are multiple scenes and   
   victims, the official said. At some point, the subject stole a   
   mail truck, and there were additional shootings, the official   
   said.   
      
   The suspect then traveled back east in the stolen mail truck   
   toward the movie theater, where various law enforcement agencies   
   contacted him. Gunfire was exchanged, and the suspect was killed.   
      
   Police identify deceased suspect in Odessa mass shooting as   
   white male in mid-30sVideo   
   Gurke declined to name the suspect but said he had some idea of   
   who the man was.   
      
   Midland Mayor Jerry Morales told Fox News that a Midland police   
   officer and an Odessa police officer were shot in addition to   
   the state trooper. Their conditions were not immediately known.   
      
   Medical Center Hospital in Odessa said it received 13 shooting   
   victims, seven of whom were in critical condition. Two others   
   were in serious condition and one patient was deceased. One   
   victim, a 17-month-old child, was airlifted to a level one   
   trauma center in Lubbock, about two hours north of Odessa. The   
   other two victims had been treated and released as of Saturday   
   evening.   
      
   Midland Memorial Hospital said it was treating six wounded   
   victims. Three of those victims were in critical condition and   
   three were in stable condition. At least   
      
   "I was born and raised here, I do not recall anything like this   
   ever happening," Morales told Fox. "It's hard to swallow. It's   
   hard to understand. [...] There's a lot of learning going on. It   
   was very rapid."   
      
   The suspect's killing brought an end to a chaotic afternoon,   
   during which police initially reported that there were two   
   shooters in two separate vehicles. At a news conference Saturday   
   evening, Gerke said police believe the suspect killed at the   
   movie theater was the only gunman.   
      
   The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) urged the public to   
   avoid I-20 in Odessa, Midland and Big Spring. Residents of   
   Midland and Odessa were also urged to stay inside.   
      
      
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   BREAKING: Large police presence after reports of an active   
   shooter in Odessa, Texas.   
      
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   Dustin Fawcett was sitting in his truck at a Starbucks in Odessa   
   when he heard at least six gunshots ring out less than 50 yards   
   behind him.   
      
   At first, he thought it might have been a tire blowing but he   
   heard more shots and spotted a white sedan with a passenger   
   window that had been shattered. That's when he thought, "Oh man,   
   this is a shooting."   
      
   Fawcett, 28, an Odessa transportation consultant, "got out to   
   make sure everyone was safe" but found that no one had been   
   struck by the gunfire nearby. He said a little girl was   
   bleeding, but she hadn't been shot, and that he found out she   
   was grazed in the face.   
      
   Fawcett said authorities responded quickly and when police   
   pulled out their rifles and vests he knew that "this is not a   
   drive-by. This is something else, this is something bigger."   
      
   President Trump has been briefed on the shooting and the White   
   House is monitoring the situation, White House Press Secretary   
   Stephanie Grisham said.   
      
   Justice Department spokesman Kerri Kupec tweeted that Attorney   
   General William Barr was monitoring the situation.   
      
      
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