Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said the suspect was fired from his job at the Journey Oil Services on Saturday morning, hours before the mass shooting.
The accused West Texas shooter called both police and the FBI around 15 minutes before he was pulled over by a state trooper and commenced the deadly rampage over the weekend, authorities said on Monday.
Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said the suspect, 36-year-old Seth Aaron Ator, was fired from his job at the Journey Oil Services on Saturday morning,After his termination, Ator made"rambling" phone calls to the FBI and 911, according to authorities. Gerke, during a press conference on Monday, revealed that the company also called 911, but Ator had fled the scene by the time authorities arrived at the office premises.A Texas state trooper pulled the suspect over roughly 15 minutes later, at around 3:15 p.m. local time, between Odessa and Midland for failing to signal a lane change. Police say Ator opened fire on the trooper, before turning to shoot at random vehicles and passersby.
The suspect then headed West towards Odessa while shooting at other victims. The gunman later deserted his vehicle and hijacked a U.S. Postal Service van. He was later killed during a shootout with authorities near a Cinergy movie theatre.A home believed to be linked to a suspect following a deadly shooting spree on September 1, 2019 in West Odessa, Texas.
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