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Attempting a traffic stop on interstate 20 when the lone okay pant of that vehicle before the car even came to a stop grabbed a rifle and aimed out his rear window and opened fire, wounding one of those two state troopers. well, that gunman, authorities say, then fled and then began shooting randomly at other innocent bystanders, wounding several people, that includes three additional officers, one with the odessa police department and one with mid land. he was cornered outside a movie theater and entertainment center where he was shot and killed by police. as for the injured, we can only tell...

>> he's going to shoot. [ gunshots ] [ bleep ]. >> get down. >> oh, my god. are you down? >> are they shooting that man over there? >> i don't know. i don't know. i can't see. >> after exchanging fire with police the attacker was shot dead, it seems. odessa is about 250 miles, or 400 kilometers from the scene of the el paso mass shooting, exactly four weeks ago. midland mayor jerry morales spoke to cnn's ana cabrera and he discussed how the latest shooting came to an end. >> the shooter was pulled over on the interstate by a dps officer. that's when he shot the officer and then took off and st...

People at stoplights -- kristin: small children. leland: -- and hijacked a mail truck. >> yesterday, august 31st, was saturday. should have been a great day, a long holiday weekend. we had something happen that we never would wish on anyone. the texas department of public safety made an initial traffic stop at about 3:15 on i-20 yesterday afternoon, and that trooper was shot during that traffic stop. our subject then proceeded into the city of to december saw -- odessa.

Know if it was a diversionary tactic for him to start shooting. and my rationale behind that is because he continued to draw attention to himself. and so, but it was a cold-blooded killer. it's a different kind of a mass shooting. as you know, leland, we've dealt with mass shootings at a one-focus location. and in this mass shooting, this was a mobile mass shooting. and that is the certainly something that makes it very difficult for law enforcement to wrap their heads aroundment. leland: -- around. leland: what do you make of how much ammunition this guy would have had on him to carry out wha...

>> first i have the to say thank you for thoughts and prayers and everyone out there they can continue to keep and basin in the thoughts and prayers we're a secluded area out here in city biggest city in about four hours so night nit group and we're 20 miles apart from each other and we rely heavily on each other because just if everybody in nation can just continue to keep us in their thoughts and prayers we would appreciate that going back to your questions -- it was a very chaotic still a very evolving as facts are coming in and rumors are dispelled there was a lot of information out there ...