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Department of Public Safety officials are investigating after authorities say a trooper was intentionally hit by a vehicle and then fired his weapon.
With us and talk to us and we certainly wish you the best. we'll be keeping an eye on it. our best to everybody there in your beautiful town. >> well, thank you so much. thank you so much. >> thank you. and coming up, a traffic stop turned deadly, as texas once again mourns its own from another mass shooting. we'll have the latest on the investigation there. we're back after this. e back af. saturday morning, our suspect went to work and was there for a short time and was terminated by his employ year. right after that firing, he called 911, odessa police department's 911 and so did his em...
His job that morning. >> saturday morning our suspect went to work in journey oil field service. he was there for a short time and was terminated by his employer. right after that firing, he called 9-1-1 odessa police department's 9-1-1 and so did his employer. and basically they were complaining on each other because they had a disagreement over the firing. a short time before he makes contact with the dps trooper, he actually caused the fbi national tip line -- called the fbi national tip line but makes no threats of any type of violence. >> however, he was pulled over for what officials say...
Department held a news conference with details on how it all unfolded. here's a little bit. >> the situation started about 3:17 this afternoon. a dps trooper attempted to stop a gold honda. when the dps trooper got the car stopped, he was then shot by the occupant of the car. the vehicle continued westbound into the city of odessa and shot an individual at 520 and our east loop. apparently the subject then drove on our east loop to 42nd street where there were multiple scenes and multiple victims. as far as civilian casualties, we have at least 21 >> the odessa police chief also said that at l...
It all unfolded. here is a little bit. >> the situation started about 3:17 this afternoon, when a dps trooper attempted to stop a honda. when the dps trooper got the car stopped, he was then shot by the occupant of the car. the vehicle continued westbound into the city of odessa, and he shot an individual at i-20 and east loop. apparently the subject then drove on our east loop to 42nd street where there were multiple scenes and multiple victims. as far as civilian casualties, we have at least 21 victims, 21 shooting victims, and at least five deceased at this point. >> the odessa police chief...