What We Know About the Shooting in Midland and Odessa, Texas

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By Townhall. Police believe there was only one suspect in the shooting, despite initial reports that there were two shooters.

“Initially it was thought that there may have been multiple shooters, and that is because at some point this subject changed vehicles. We’re now confident that there was just the one actor,” Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said during a Sunday press conference. . .

According to CNN, the shooter has been identified as 36-year-old Seth Ator. He used an “AR-style weapon” during the attack. . .

Saturday night’s tragic shooting in Odessa and Midland, Texas began when Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers attempted to make a routine traffic stop. The gunman pulled out a rifle, pointed it towards his rear window and fired at the two troopers. One trooper was shot.

The gunman fled the scene and continued shooting at innocent bystanders. He shot at civilians along East Loop 338 and I-20 before stealing a U.S. Postal Service truck. He then used the USPS truck to carry out his rampage along State Highway 191, KOSA-TV reported. The shooting eventually ended at the Cinergy Movie Theater when the gunman shot at two police officers, one from the Odessa Police Department, the other from the Midland Police Department. Police returned fire and killed the suspect. (Read more from “What We Know About the Shooting in Midland and Odessa, Texas” HERE)

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Police Still Don’t Have a Motive for the Shootings, Source Says

By CNN. A law enforcement official tells CNN authorities have not yet been unable to identify a motive in the Midland-Odessa shootings. . .

Dustin Fawcett told CNN he was with his 3-week-old daughter at Starbucks on Saturday, about 40-50 yards away from 42nd Street, when chaos erupted.

He said 42nd Street is the town’s busiest intersection. The light was red before the shooting so cars were waiting there.

“Sitting ducks,” Fawcett said. (Read more from “Police Still Don’t Have a Motive for the Shootings, Source Says” HERE)

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Death Toll in Odessa Shooting Rises to 7, a 17-Month-Old Child Among Those Injured

By NBC News. A 17-month-old girl was among the 22 injured in a shooting rampage around Odessa, Texas, as the death toll increased to seven victims Sunday. The gunman was killed in a shootout with police.

The little girl, Anderson Davis, suffered shrapnel in her right chest and has a hole through her bottom lip and tongue after being shot in the face, according to her family. Eric Finley, marketing director of Texas’ UMC Health System, said Anderson was in satisfactory condition at a hospital in Lubbock.

“We praise God for walking beside us during this time and our prayers go out to all of the families that are walking this same walk,” Anderson’s parents said in a statement. “We hurt so badly for the families whose loved ones didn’t survive this tragedy. (Read more from “Death Toll in Odessa Shooting Rises to 7, a 17-Month-Old Child Among Those Injured” HERE)

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GOP Senators Respond To Dems’ Threat Against The Supreme Court

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Earlier this month, a group of Democratic senators signed an amicus curae brief in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. City of New York, defending New York City’s blatant attack on the Second Amendment. For years, those who live in NYC could transport handguns, as long as it was to a few select gun ranges in the area. If you were a gun owner in NYC and wanted to take your firearm outside of city limits to a different gun range, that wasn’t allowed.

New York State and City have since changed their statutes and now allow gun owners to transport firearms throughout the city. NYC is now arguing that the Supreme Court does not need to hear the case because it’s “moot.”

According to the group of Democratic senators, the Supreme Court should turn down the case because it’s political in nature. At the end of their letter, the Democratic senators essentially told SCOTUS to dismiss the case or they would move to pack the High Court.

A group of 56 Republican senators, lead by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), sent their own letter to the Supreme Court, urging the justices not to be impacted by Democrats’ empty-handed threat.

“The Democrats’ threat to pack the Court if it doesn’t rule the way they want is synonymous in American history with the idea of an unprincipled power grab. Instead of improving their arguments, our colleagues seem determined to undermine our constitutional structure,” McConnell said in a statement. “Senate Republicans reject this dangerous and opportunistic assault on our independent judiciary and will continue to uphold our oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” (Read more from “GOP Senators Respond To Dems’ Threat Against The Supreme Court” HERE)

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