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Texas Shooter Was Denied a Gun Due to Mental Health. Here's How He Reportedly Got One

How Texas Shooter,
Denied a Gun,
Reportedly
Got One

Sep 3, 2019 5:47 PM CDT

How Texas Shooter, Denied a Gun, Reportedly Got One

Law enforcement official says he procured it via private sale

(Newser) - The gunman in a West Texas rampage that left seven dead obtained his AR-style rifle through a private sale, allowing him to evade a federal background check that blocked him from getting a gun in 2014 due to a "mental health issue," a law enforcement official tells the...

Police Say Texas Gunman
Called 911 Before Shootings

Sep 2, 2019 4:15 PM CDT

Police Say Texas Gunman Called 911 Before Shootings

Fired employee left work before officers arrived

(Newser) - The gunman in a spate of gun violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas called both police and the FBI before the shooting began, authorities said Monday. Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator had been fired Saturday from Journey Oilfield Services. He said both...

'Guns Are a Small Part of It': Mayor at Odessa Vigil

'Guns Are a Small Part
of It': Mayor at Texas Vigil

Sep 2, 2019 10:10 AM CDT

'Guns Are a Small Part of It': Mayor at Texas Vigil

Hundreds gather to pray and sing in West Texas

(Newser) - Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin—a region known for its oil industry—at prayer vigil only hours after 8 were killed and 22 wounded in a nearby mass shooting, the AP reports. "We're out here in the middle of...

Shooter Was Fired From Trucking Job Hours Before Mass Shooting

Texas Gunman Was
Fired Hours Before
Mass Shooting

Sep 2, 2019 5:51 AM CDT

Texas Gunman Was Fired Hours Before Mass Shooting

Authorities aren't sure what sparked Odessa rampage

(Newser) - The man who killed seven people and injured more than 20 others in west Texas on Saturday had been fired from his job at a trucking company hours earlier, authorities say—but they're not sure what sparked the homicidal rampage. The shooting spree began when the 36-year-old suspect was...

O'Rourke Campaign Sells 'F-ed Up' T-Shirts After Mass Shooting

After Mass Shooting,
O'Rourke Campaign
Hawks 'F-ed Up' T-Shirts

Sep 2, 2019 2:33 AM CDT

After Mass Shooting, O'Rourke Campaign Hawks 'F-ed Up' T-Shirts

Proceeds will benefit anti-gun violence groups

(Newser) - Beto O'Rourke denounced gun violence in no uncertain terms after Saturday's mass shooting in his home state—and his campaign has now put those words on a T-shirt. The Democratic presidential candidate repeatedly described the massacre in Odessa, Texas, and the "epidemic of gun violence in America"...

Law Officers Talk About Odessa, ID the Shooter

Law Officers
ID the Odessa
Shooter, Talk
About Motive

Sep 1, 2019 2:40 PM CDT

Law Officers ID the Odessa Shooter, Talk About Motive

Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke refused to publicly say the name

(Newser) - Authorities said Sunday they still could not explain why a man with an AR-style weapon opened fire during a routine traffic stop in West Texas to begin a terrifying rampage that killed seven people, injured 22 others, and ended with officers gunning him down outside a movie theater, the AP...

17-Month-Old Has Teeth
'Knocked Out' in Odessa

Sep 1, 2019 1:41 PM CDT

17-Month-Old Has Teeth 'Knocked Out' in Odessa

Anderson Davis, 17 months, lost all her front teeth

(Newser) - "Toddlers are funny because they can get shot but still want to run around and play." So says the mother of Anderson Davis, a 17-month-old girl who took bullet fragments to the chest and mouth during a Texas mass shooting that killed at least 7 and wounded 24,...

'What a Horrific Day for Odessa'

Sep 1, 2019 7:19 AM CDT

'What a Horrific Day for Odessa'

Texas shooting began with a traffic stop

(Newser) - The nation's latest mass shooting began with a simple afternoon traffic stop: NBC News reports that a police officer pulled over the suspect, driving a gold Honda, for failing to signal a left turn around 3:17pm on Saturday between Midland and Odessa, Texas. The AP reports that the...

Police: 21 Shot, 7 Dead
in Texas Shooting

updated

Aug 31, 2019 5:28 PM CDT

Police: 21 Shot, 7 Dead in Texas Shooting

Police say the shooter was a white male in his 30s

(Newser) - At least 21 people have been injured by gunfire and seven killed in a shooting in West Texas, the AP reports. At a news conference Saturday, Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke also says that at least three law enforcement officers were among those shot. He spoke after a chaotic afternoon...