facebook page, the midland police say we believe there are two shooters in two separate vehicles. two vehicles in question are the gold white small toyota truck they talk about. the police thankfully stay away from these areas, stay indoors. there you have it, police reports of an active short or shooters as the police put the information as we try to do ourselves. the safety of the public and law enforcement, the department saying stay away from that particular area. the home depot in odessa and stay inside your homes if you are anywhere even remotely close to the area. we ll do the same. darren is joining us now. from dallas, the atf has tweeted
thop tropical his. let me wrap you up for a moment and go back to steve rogers who joins us. he was with us moments ago with his analysis. these things do change for police departments, whether they are dealing with an urban situation or more of an open road situation in trying to corral these suspects. we are dealing with one police department confirming that it s two separate vehicles and the other saying that maybe it s one. we don t exactly know with the situation we are dealing with. but what would you say in terms of the environment and how that affects the purchase sight? when you have open areas like that, you have long stretches of highways. you don t have a concentration of a lot of people in a particular area.
from what i was given, the suspect just started shooting. but it s very fluid, multiple investigations type. connell: where in the town did it happen? i believe 191 and 338. connell: what is that area like? restaurants, retail. i m not exactly sure where it went from there. connell: a person was outside the car and started shooting? i believe he was shooting from the vehicle. connell: and the shooting appeared to be at random? yes, sir, just random. connell: what in terms of law enforcement in terms of their injuries. i believe there is a trooper who has been shot and an odessa
medical center hospital in odessa said they are setting up patient s families in the cafeteria. i can t give an update on patient conditions. there are five confirmed dead at this time. we are working with the other municipalities in the area to get all of our information. but we would like to thank the public for their help in this and thank our make municipalities for their help in this. everybody has come together to do what we needed to do. connell: that s new information. 20-plus victims, five confirmed dead. is one of the deceased the shooter? at this time i can t confirm that. we ll be holding a press
brags news coverage continue here is on fox report i m connell reporting from new york as they develop a situation in texas. it is now according to authorities comeing under control but not before five people were killed and 20 were injured when a shoot per from his car opened fire in west texas in odessa area, the shooting incident according to the local police began with a shooting of a state trooper on i-20 and then continued after about a 15 minute drive with the shooting of a number of other victims. our coverage will continue with expanded edition of the fox report heading into the next hour. let s go to governor greg abbott of the state of texas who is is out with a statement and heartbroken over this senseless and cowardly peak and unwaiverring support to victims and families and all of the people of mid-land and odessa, state of texas and department of public safety working closely with local law enforcement to provide resources as needed to