Odessa spokeswoman: Shooter is Seth Ator - Midland Reporter-Telegram

By Midland Reporter-Telegram

Updated 7:49 pm CDT, Sunday, September 1, 2019

Photo: Texas Department Of Public Safety/Handout

A 2001 booking photo of Seth Aaron Ator, 36. Ator is accused of killing seven people and injuring 22 others in Saturday's mass shooting in Midland-Odessa, Texas. He was killed at a movie theater in Odessa the same day.

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A 2001 booking photo of Seth Aaron Ator, 36. Ator is accused of killing seven people and injuring 22 others in Saturday's mass shooting in Midland-Odessa, Texas. He was killed at a movie theater in Odessa the

... more Photo: Texas Department Of Public Safety/Handout

The gunman responsible for killing seven people and injuring 22 others – including three law enforcement officials -- is Seth Aaron Ator, 36, of Odessa, the city of Odessa’s spokeswoman said in an email.

Odessa Police Department Chief Michael Gerke said Ator fired at random, using an AR as he drove nearly 10 miles around Midland and Odessa. He was shot and killed by law enforcement at Cinergy theater in Odessa.

State Rep. Tom Craddick told the Reporter-Telegram he had previously failed a background check.

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