murder. the highest murder charge in texas. the district attorney they are said he s asking for the death penalty. the feds called the shooting an act of domestic terrorism. and they say they are considering additional hate crime charges. our next guest was at the walmart at the time of the massacre. on that summer saturday, benny maguire was with his daughter raising money for her soccer team. he says the shooting began about 30 minutes after they started the fund-raiser. when he heard the second shot, he told his daughter and her teammates to just run. they took shelter in a movie theater parking lot nearby and then benny ran back towards the walmart to get the car so they could get out of there. he helped injured victims in the parking lot, including a couple of his fellow soccer coaches. he said both of those coaches are still in the hospital more than two months after the attack. benny maguire is with us live mail this afternoon via
there are more than 15 crime scenes along a 15 mile stretch between the cities of midland and odessa. officials say the 36-year-old suspect who terror iz ized the towns had been fired from his job just hours before leading police on a deadly high speed rampage. the gunman was shot and killed by police in a movie theater parking lot ending the shooting spree that started after a routine traffic spot. garrett hague is in odessa. what more do we know about the status of the victims? reporter: here at the hospital where those most seriously injured victims were taken, some good news this morning as some conditions have been upgraded. still ten here, one this critical condition, one in serious and eight in fair condition as of this morning. when dealing with gunshot wounds, you are talking about very serious injuries even for those who might have been hit in an extremity. all right. garrett haake, thanks for that.
near midland. the man used a rifle to shoot at state troopers, then sped away, taking random shots at passing cars and pedestrians, hijacking a postal vehicle and making his way to odessa, still spraying done fire. the chase ended with a gun battle in a movie theater parking lot. there s a shooting going on in odessa, texas. oh, god they re shooting again. [bleep]. get down. oh, my god. are you down? are they shooting? . i don t know. i don t know. i can t see. in addition to the five dead, the list of injured includes three law enforcement officers and a 17-month-old girl, who is expected to survive. let s go to cnn s ed lavandara. ed, what are you learning on the ground? reporter: well, manu, this was a surreal and wild scene.
news stories. we ll start with hurricane dorian. the national hurricane center says it is extremely dangerous. category 4 storm. already hitting the islands of the bahamas with tropical storm forced winds, grand bahama will be hit with hurricane forced winds later today and dorian s path to the u.s. shifted slightly to the west and brings the east coast more into the cone of uncertainty. tropical storm warnings are in effect for parts of south florida including west palm beach. breaking news out of texas as the investigation is underway this morning to how at least five people were killed and 21 others injured in that mass shooting after a routine traffic stop. this happened yesterday afternoon in midland, texas. the rampage ended when police shot and killed the gunman in a movie theater parking lot. that shooter is said to be a white male in his mid 30s.