Police in the US say five people are dead, including a shooter, and at least 21 injured by gunfire in a West Texas shooting on Saturday (Sunday NZ time).
"The active shooter was shot and killed at the Cinergy in Odessa," Midland police said on Facebook, referring to a cinema complex in the cities of Odessa and Midland. "There is no active shooter at this time."
US police officers guard a street in Odessa, Texas, following a mass shooting.
Midland Mayor Jerry Morales told CNN the shooter was shot and killed in the parking lot: "We're hoping it's just one shooter and we have contained him," Reuters reported.
A 17-month-old who was shot in the face was among the victims, KWES-TV news reported.
Odessa police chief says at least 5 people were killed and 21 injured after a mass shooting in Texas, in a "horrific" day.
The suspect was driving a vehicle that a law enforcement officer stopped before the shootings, police said.
Authorities the mass shooting began when a man started firing through the rear window of his car with a rifle.
Authorities say a total of three law enforcement officers were shot. Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Katherine Cesinger said the suspect then fled "and continued shooting innocent people."
Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke described the suspected shooter as a white male in his 30s.
An empty anchor desk of the Midland-Odessa news team at CBS7. The news channel is in the building that went into lockdown.
The television station CBS7 reported armed police ran through the Music City Mall in Odessa where CBS7 is located and the building went into lockdown, Reuters said.
The shooting came after 22 people were killed at a Walmart store about 400 kilometres west of Midland in city of El Paso, Texas, on August 2.
SOME OF THE MOST RECENT DEADLY US MASS SHOOTINGS
A list of some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the last two years:
August 31, 2019: Five people were killed in West Texas in shootings in the area of Midland and Odessa.
August 4, 2019: A gunman wearing body armor shot and killed nine people at a popular nightlife area in Dayton, Ohio. Police were patrolling the area and killed the suspect.
August 3, 2019: A gunman opened fire at a shopping centre in El Paso, Texas, killing 22 people and injuring more than two dozen. A suspect was taken into custody.
May 31, 2019: Longtime city worker DeWayne Craddock opened fire in a building that houses Virginia Beach government offices. He killed 12 people and wounded several others before he was gunned down by police.
February 15, 2019: Gary Martin killed five co-workers at a manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois, during a disciplinary meeting where he was fired. He wounded one other employee and five of the first police officers to arrive at the suburban Chicago plant before he was killed during a shootout with police.
November 7, 2018: Ian David Long killed 12 people at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California, before taking his own life. Long was a Marine combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan.
October 27, 2018: Robert Bowers is accused of opening fire at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during Shabbat morning services, killing 11 and injuring others. It's the deadliest attack on Jews in the US in history.
June 28, 2018: Jarrod Ramos shot through the windows of the Capital Gazette offices in Annapolis, Maryland, before turning the weapon on employees there, killing five at The Capital newspaper. Authorities say Ramos had sent threatening letters to the newspaper prior to the attack.
May 18, 2018: Dimitrios Pagourtzis began shooting during an art class at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas. The 17-year-old killed eight students and two teachers and 13 others were wounded. Explosive were found at the school and off campus.
February 14, 2018: Nikolas Cruz shot and killed 17 students and staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. It surpassed Columbine High School as the deadliest shooting at a high school in US history.
November 5, 2017: Devin Patrick Kelley, who had been discharged from the Air Force after a conviction for domestic violence, used an AR-style firearm to shoot up a congregation at a small church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, killing more than two dozen.
October 1, 2017: Stephen Paddock opened fire on an outdoor music festival on the Las Vegas Strip from the 32nd floor of a hotel-casino, killing 58 people and wounding more than 500. SWAT teams with explosives then stormed his room and found he had killed himself.
Source: AP
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