In Midland, Texas, a shooter involved in a fatal attack was pronounced dead following a standoff with police. City officials reported that the incident caused one death and injured at least nine others. The intense situation concluded hours after it began in a different section of the city, ending near a veterinary hospital.
Details on the cause of the suspect’s death were not immediately available. Mayor Lori Blong explained that authorities utilized robot and drone footage to determine the shooter was deceased.
Witness Andrea Mendias recounted hearing a sound similar to an explosion from a nearby closed veterinary clinic. This was next to the body shop where she works. Heavily armed police subsequently flooded the parking area, with some officers entering the building.
Mendias also noted hearing approximately 40 gunshots earlier. Her video captured police officers descending from an armored vehicle and deploying robots in the vicinity.
Midland Memorial Hospital updated that four individuals required surgery. Three of them were treated and discharged, while two others remained in stable condition.
Midland, a city home to around 140,000 residents, lies in the state’s oil-rich region. It was close to another violent incident in 2019. In that event, a dismissed oil services worker killed seven and injured over two dozen others in a random shooting spree through Odessa and Midland. Both cities are located more than 300 miles west of Dallas.