Odessa mass shooting death toll rises to SEVEN as high schooler, 15, and postal worker are first victims identified: Two people shot by white gunman die in hospital while the 19 injured – including a toddler and a cop – fight for their lives
Authorities announced Sunday that two additional victims had died in the hospital after Saturday’s mass shooting in the neighboring towns of Odessa and Midland in West Texas
An Odessa police spokesman said at least one of the 19 others injured remains in ‘life-threatening’ condition
Police have not identified any of the victims, but several have been named publicly by family members
High school student Leila Hernandez, 15, was killed and her brother Nathan was injured and taken into surgery
US Postal Service worker Mary Granados was shot and killed when the gunman hijacked her truck
Seventeen-month-old Anderson Davis is in the hospital after being struck in the face and chest by shrapnel
Midland Police Officer Zack Owens was one of three cops wounded in the shooting, his family confirmed
The unidentified gunman, believed to be a white male in his 30s, was shot dead by police in the parking lot of a movie theater in Odessa on Saturday afternoon
Frightening footage appears to show a family trying to hide from gunfire during the deadly rampage
The 50-second video shared on Facebook by Antonio Orozco Garcia is captioned: ‘Dios mio por favor protegenos’ – which translates to: ‘My God, please protect us’
The incident began with an attempted traffic stop for failure to signal by a Texas Depart of Public Safety officer on Saturday at about 3.25pm CST, Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said
The fleeing suspect shot the officer, hijacked a US Postal Service mail van and fired at random motorists along Interstate 20 and all over the city of Odessa
Shocking witness video shows police confronting the suspect outside the theater and engaging in a shootout
By MEGAN SHEETS and KEITH GRIFFITH
DAILYMAIL.COM
1 September 2019
The death toll in the mass shooting in West Texas has risen to seven after a gunman fleeing a traffic stop opened fire on state troopers, hijacked a postal truck and began shooting indiscriminately at people in the neighboring cities of Odessa and Midland.
Odessa police spokesman Steve LeSueur announced on Sunday that two additional victims had died in the hospital and at least one of the 19 others injured remains in ‘life-threatening’ condition.
Authorities have not identified any of the victims, but several have been named publicly by family members.
Among those killed was 15-year-old high school student Leila Hernandez, whose loved ones described her as a ‘sweet girl with a big heart’ who recently celebrated her quinceañera.
Leila’s brother Nathan was also injured in the rampage and underwent surgery, according to a GoFundMe that has raised over $8,400 for the Hernandez family as of Sunday morning.
US Postal Service worker Mary Granados was shot and killed when the gunman stole her truck as she was delivering mail, according to a coworker.
Seventeen-month-old Anderson Davis is in the hospital in stable condition after she was struck in the face and chest by shrapnel, according to her mother.
Three members of law enforcement were wounded in the shooting, including Midland Police Officer Zack Owens. He was shot multiple times in the arm and hand and suffered glass shards in his eye, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched by his family.
The gunman, believed to be a white male in his 30s, was shot and killed by police in the parking lot of the Cinergy movie theater in Odessa on Saturday afternoon.
Police have not released the suspects name or a possible motive for the shooting.
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