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Catastrophic damage. It could hit the islands within hours. Hello and welcome to bbc news. We start with breaking news from texas where police say that five people have been killed and at least 21 injured after a gunman was challenged at a traffic stop in the city of odessa. Its understood the gunman shot a number of Police Officers and randomly shot at cars as he tried to escape. We have Law Enforcement injured, we have the dps trooper in midland county, we have one npd officer and one opd officer all struck. As far as civilian casualties, we have at least 21 victims, 21 shooting the terms and at least five deceased at this point in time. Live now to our north america correspondent peter bowes. What is the latest you are hearing about this latest shooting . The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this government was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Five people have been shot dead and 21 others injured after a gunman opened fire from a vehicle in the us state of texas. It happened on a road between the towns of midland and odessa. The gunman has been shot dead by the police. Our north america correspondent peter bowes has this update. The latest information is that the Police Believe although it is not definitely confirmed, but they believe that this gunmam was acting alone. Since he was tackled and killed by the police, there have been no further reports of shooting. At one stage, there was concern, in fact, many reports that there could be a number of gunmen responsible for what was happening. It seemed like multiple shootings over quite a wide area. It seems now it may simply have been the work of this one gunman, and the police are stressing that this information that they are giving us could still change. Its a fluid situation, they are still checking out reports and making sure that the area is