Image gallery: mass shooting in Odessa
The Victims
ODESSA, Texas — As of Sunday morning the death toll was seven victims after a mass shooting that happened Saturday afternoon in Odessa. The gunman was also killed for a total of eight people who died.
On Saturday afternoon a DPS Trooper made what appeared to be a routine traffic stop. During the stop, a suspect shot the Trooper, police said.
The suspect then drove off, and then hijacked a mail truck, police said. The suspect shot people randomly before he was found and confronted by officers at the Cinergy movie theater.
Officers shot and killed the suspect, police said.
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The 5100 block of E. 42nd Street in Odessa (Mark Rogers/Odessa American via AP) 
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Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke talks to the media (Mark Rogers/Odessa American via AP) 
Odessa police officers park their vehicles outside Music City Mall in Odessa, (Jacy Lewis/Reporter-Telegram via AP) 
A man prays outside of the Medical Center Hospital (Mark Rogers/Odessa American via AP) 
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History of Mass Violence
