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A man who was pulled over by Texas troopers shot at them with a rifle and sped off, setting off a terrifying rampage that ended with 7 dead and 19 injured.
After the shooting during a traffic stop Saturday in Midland, the gunman drove on the streets and highway, spraying bullets on residents and motorists, police said.
He then hijacked a postal truck and randomly shot at people as he made his way into Odessa about 20 miles away. There, police killed him in a gun battle in a movie theater parking lot.
The victims injured Saturday included a 17-month-old girl and three law enforcement officers, hospital and police officials said.
It's unclear why police had pulled over the unidentified gunman or what his motive was. Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke described him as a white male in his 30s, but declined to provide additional information.
The attack during the busy Labor Day weekend terrified residents in a state where a gunman killed 22 people less than a month ago at a Walmart in El Paso -- about 285 miles west of Odessa.