A neighbor of the gunman who killed seven people in West Texas described him as 'a violent, aggressive person' that would fire his guns at all hours of the night
1 / 17Shooting TexasThis undated photo provided by the City of Odessa via FBI shows Seth Aaron Ator. The gunman in a West Texas rampage"was on a long spiral of going down" and had been fired from his oil services job the morning he killed seven people, calling 911 both before and after the shooting began, authorities said Monday, Sept. 2, 2019.
Ator was killed by police outside an Odessa movie theater on Saturday after opening fire on state troopers during a traffic stop and then fleeing, shooting at random passers-by and vehicles.An FBI agent says the gunman in a West Texas rampage that killed seven people"was on a long spiral down" before he was fired from his job on the day of the shooting.
Ator was killed by police outside an Odessa move theater to end a chase that covered more than 10 miles .Authorities say the gunman in a West Texas rampage was fired from his job and called both police and the FBI before the mass shooting began. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott says the criminal history of a man who killed seven people in West Texas this weekend means"we must keep guns out of criminals' hands."
Abbott tweeted that Ator failed a previous gun background check and didn't go through one for the weapon he used in Odessa. But Abbott didn't elaborate on when Ator failed the background check or the reasons why. Authorities have said there are still no answers pointing to a motive for Saturday's chaotic attacks in the cities of Midland and Odessa. The New York Times and Washington Post have reported that Ator lost his job on the day of the attack, citing unnamed officials. An FBI spokeswoman declined comment on those reports.
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