Houston, June 13: One person was killed and 10 others injured in a mass shooting in Texas, where the suspect was later found dead following a standoff with law enforcement, authorities said.
The shooting took place on Friday morning in the West Texas oil city of Midland.
After receiving emergency calls about the active shooting, officers arrived at the scene, only to be ambushed by the shooter, who unleashed a heavy volley of fire at them, as well as at bystanders and civilian motorists. Multiple officers were pinned down behind their patrol vehicles and had to be rescued using an armoured vehicle.
The suspect subsequently retreated and barricaded himself inside an abandoned veterinary clinic.
The Texas Department of Public Safety officially identified the gunman as 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal, a fugitive actively wanted for the attempted capital murder of a peace officer following a separate high-speed shootout with police earlier in the week.
After an intense, multi-hour tactical standoff, law enforcement deployed remote drones and tactical robots where the suspect had barricaded himself.
Villarreal was located deceased inside the clinic in the afternoon. No law enforcement officers were injured during the operation, police said.
The City of Midland officially identified the sole civilian fatality as 62-year-old Edward Randall Scott, a resident of Midland. (PTI)
