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Another shooting in America killed at least seven people, including an alleged gunman killed by police. Two dozen more people were injured in the rampage outside of Odessa, Texas – second mass shot in the state in a month.
The series of terrifying events began with a stoppage of traffic on Saturday on an interstate highway in the heart of the Texas oil country. US soldiers said that the man, identified only as a white man in his thirties, had stopped for the traffic control post, but then opened fire and was gone.
Shots hit a soldier in the car that caused the traffic to stop, the suspect having failed to signal to turn. The gunman then abandoned his car and hijacked a truck of the postal services, making more rounds as he walked away.
The gunman was eventually killed during a shootout with the police in front of a movie theater, but two other police officers were among the wounded leftists. The three officers shot dead Saturday night would be in a stable state.
An FBI spokesman told CBS News that six people were killed, not counting the suspect, and that 24 others were injured.
Odessa police said in a statement that the suspect had shot at "innocent civilians throughout the city". The youngest victim confirmed on Sunday morning was a 17-month-old boy.
"It was a joint effort from a multitude of departments to find this animal and bring it to justice," said Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke.
As CBS News correspondent David Begnaud reports, the shooting occurred just one month later. an armed man in El Paso killed 22 people when he opened fire in a Walmart the shop.
According to the Associated Press, Saturday 's attack was the 25th mass shot in the United States this year. That's as much as in 2018.
On Sunday, 10 new laws easing gun restrictions come into effect in Texas.
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