Another massacre in Texas: at least five dead after a shootout

At least five people died on Saturday at the hands of a man who shot randomly at motorists Odessa, Texaswho was shot dead by the police.

The incident takes place less than a month after the shooting in El Paso, also in this southern state of the United States, and in Dayton, Ohio, where 31 people died .

"We have at least 21 victims, 21 victims of the shooting and at least five dead at this time"Michael Gerke, police chief of the small town of Odessa, in western Texas, told reporters.

It was unclear whether the number of "21 victims" concerned only the wounded or it also included the deceased.

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Three policemen are among the wounded in the incident that started with the traffic control, he added.

The suspect was killed during an exchange of gunfire with the uniform.

Police in this small town of about 100,000 had previously reported that "an individual (possibly 2) was moving to Odessa by randomly shooting at people".

At that time, he said that "the suspect had recently hijacked a US mail truck" and urged people to walk away from the street and be extremely cautious.

Some of the photos were taken from Interstate 20, which connects Odessa to the nearby Midland, leaving cars with bullet holes.