{"id":14953,"date":"2019-09-02T09:52:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=14953"},"modified":"2019-09-02T09:52:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T08:52:08","slug":"texas-shooting-leaves-seven-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/texas-shooting-leaves-seven-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas shooting leaves seven dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The death toll for Saturday&#8217;s mass shooting in Texas has risen to seven. The shooting in Texas is the second for this state in August. The shooting began when police stopped a car.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14955\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14955\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14955\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Untitled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Untitled-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Untitled-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/Untitled-1-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victims were shot at random\/ shooters car\/ credit AFP news<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The gunman injured at least 20 people, he also abandoned his car and stole a US postal vehicle. Police later shot the gunman dead and officials have said that they believe there was no connection to terrorism. The motive of the gunman is unclear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Sunday Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said that those killed in the shooting were aged 15 to 57.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The incident began just after 15:00 after two Texas Department of Public Safety officers pulled over a vehicle on a Midland highway. The driver then opened fire on the officers before driving away and shooting at random people in several locations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;The active shooter was shot and killed at the Cinergy in Odessa,&#8221; Midland police said on Facebook, referring to a multiplex cinema in Odessa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The shooting comes after 22 people were killed at a Walmart store\u00a0 in the Texas city of El Paso on 2 August. Last\u00a0week, Texas governor Greg Abbott held two meetings with lawmakers about how to prevent more mass shootings in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great job by Texas Law Enforcement and First Responders in handling the terrible shooting tragedy yesterday. Thank you also to the FBI, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregAbbott_TX<\/a> and all others. A very tough and sad situation!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1168178555777404929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The death toll for Saturday&#8217;s mass shooting in Texas has risen to seven. The shooting in Texas is the second for this state in August. The shooting began when police stopped a car.\u00a0 The gunman injured at least 20 people, he also abandoned his car and stole a US postal vehicle. 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