{"id":127486,"date":"2019-08-31T21:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T01:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=127486"},"modified":"2019-08-31T21:27:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T01:27:11","slug":"gladio-deep-states-gun-control-zealots-continue-their-mass-shooting-rampages-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=127486","title":{"rendered":"GLADIO: <i>Deep State&#8217;s<\/i> Gun Control Zealots Continue Their Mass Shooting Rampages in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Odessa and Midland, Texas shootings: what we know<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>At least 21 people were shot. At least five people were killed.<\/h3>\n<p>By Sean Collins<br \/>\nVOX<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-31-at-9.26.24-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-127488\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-31-at-9.26.24-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"749\" height=\"502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-31-at-9.26.24-PM.png 749w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Screen-Shot-2019-08-31-at-9.26.24-PM-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"e-image e-image--hero\"><picture class=\"c-picture\" data-cid=\"site\/picture_element-1567299332_9108_52212\" data-cdata=\"{&quot;image_id&quot;:65150592,&quot;ratio&quot;:&quot;*&quot;}\"><\/picture>Police tape cordons off an area.<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><cite style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Larry W. Smith\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/h5>\n<div class=\"c-entry-content \">\n<p id=\"jlKHDR\">At least\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/2019\/08\/31\/at-least-20-injured-including-state-trooper-in-texas-shooting\/\">21 people were shot<\/a>\u00a0in West Texas in the towns of Odessa and Midland, about 300 miles east of El Paso. At least five people were killed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"28GoPz\">Midland police have said the shooting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/31\/us\/odessa-shootings.html\">began during a traffic stop<\/a>\u00a0Saturday afternoon. The suspect is believed to have shot the officer who stopped him, before continuing to a local shopping center, where the shooting continued. Officers pursued that suspect after he fled the scene in a US Post Office vehicle.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"KB756P\">What we know<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"Gv4A91\">At least 21 people were shot, according to Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke.<\/li>\n<li id=\"Vb3qjy\">At least five people were killed, according to Gerke.<\/li>\n<li id=\"OpBozm\">Medical Center Health System CEO Russell Tippin said in a press conference Saturday night that his hospital had treated 13 of the victims. Two of those people have been discharged; seven have been operated on and remain in critical condition, two are in serious condition, one died of their wounds, and one was transferred to a pediatric facility.<\/li>\n<li id=\"Cs8XHz\">As police pursued the suspect,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs7.com\/content\/news\/Authorities-responding-to-reports-of-active-shooter-in-Odessa-558964771.html\">one state trooper was shot on the interstate<\/a>. Two other officers were also shot, one from Odessa, and one from Midland.<\/li>\n<li id=\"qTtGW0\">Bystanders are believed to have also been wounded during the pursuit.<\/li>\n<li id=\"2rHPzR\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/08\/31\/us\/odessa-shootings.html\">Midland Mayor Jerry Morales<\/a>\u00a0said a rifle was used in the attack.<\/li>\n<li id=\"xNKtFB\">The suspect, a white male said by police to be in his 30s, was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MidlandTxPD\/?__tn__=kC-R&amp;eid=ARBHbGKOIdlKaU4kCpeYWTqBpavG-6VWcAXilAvSVhQ4JxIzcxbGH6nEI3Q159c7_Q_fkI7Cn0oVUDTe&amp;hc_ref=ARTc8ou-eHPvnuZjMhdGWe5mQXbGnjwYwBIlZLWQQ70UkGIwzT0V8mDCdrTx9aeesFE&amp;fref=nf\">killed by police in Odessa<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li id=\"hzKiWl\">Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews\/status\/1167933749364809729?s=20\">released a statement<\/a>\u00a0calling the incident a \u201csenseless and cowardly attack\u201d and promising \u201cthat we will not allow the Lone Star State to be overrun by hatred and violence.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"57It9Q\">Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KellyO\/status\/1167953113744994305?s=20\">released a similar statement<\/a>, writing, \u201cWe Texans are standing together tonight united against all forms of hatred and violence.\u201d<\/li>\n<li id=\"2KXIsN\">Democratic presidential candidates have also responded, including those with Texas connections. Former San Antonio, Texas mayor Juli\u00e1n Castro asked on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/watch\/julian-castro-says-texas-shooting-is-tremendously-heartbreaking-67946053679?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma\">MSNBC<\/a>, \u201cHow many of these incidents do we have to see before we understand that we have to take action?\u201d And former Texas Rep. Beto O\u2019Rourke said at a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetoORourke\/status\/1167954084122353664?s=20\">campaign stop<\/a>\u00a0in Virginia that while much remains unknown about this shooting, \u201cWe do know this is fucked up. We do know this has to stop in this country.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"kuJVBn\">What we don\u2019t know<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"A7WZZY\">The identity of the suspect.<\/li>\n<li id=\"ozniKg\">The motivation for the shooting.<\/li>\n<li id=\"f18nEr\">The total number of people killed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/8\/31\/20842667\/odessa-midland-texas-shooting-what-we-know\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/8\/31\/20842667\/odessa-midland-texas-shooting-what-we-know<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odessa and Midland, Texas shootings: what we know<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}