ZEKE?
ZEKE? LIVE FROM SOU+@TH VICTORY, WFA
NEWS AT 6:00 STARTS NOW .
>> AUTHORITIES DESCRIBE THE
UP+@PER HAND.
UP+@PER HAND. MADE RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOOTING @
STARTED.
STARTED.
STARTED. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I AM CHRIS LAWRENCE.
THE SUSPECT SHOT PEOPLE IN
MIDLAND AND ODESSA ANTEDATE
THE ODESSA POLICE CHIEF REVEALED
THAT HE HAD BEEN FIRED THAT +@
+@
THAT HE HAD BEEN FIRED THAT +@ MORNING AND MADE A CALL TO THE
FBI TIP LINE RANTING ABOUT HIS
LIFE TRAGEDIES I PREFER THE
SHOOTING. TODAY TH+@E ODESSA
POLICE CHIEF ADMITTED THEY MAY
NEVER HAVE AN ANSWER.
POLICE SAY SETH ATOR KILLED
SEVEN PEOPLE AND ONE OF THEM
WAS A POSTAL WORKER NAMED MARY
GRANADOS.
GRANADOS.
GRANADOS. HE SHOT HER AND STOLE HER
POSTAL TRUCK AND THEY WERE
ABOUT TO CELEBRATE THEIR 30th
BIRTHDAY.
BIRTHDAY.
BIRTHDAY. >> I WISH THAT I COULD AT LEAST
HUG HER AGAIN AND GIVE HER A
KISS AND TALK TO HER. I WANT TO
TELL HER THAT I LOVE HER SO MUCH
AND SHE WAS MY OTHER HALF.
>> MAR+@Y GRANADOS IS ONE OF TH
SEVEN BEING REMEMBERED TONIGHT.
DESMOND FERNANDEZ IS GIVEN AS A
FIRSTHAND LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY
COPING WITH TRAGEDY.
>> Reporter: FEDERAL AGENTS ARE
SPREAD ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND
THIS IS ONE OF THE MANY CRIME
SCEN+@ES THAT THEY ARE WRAPPING
UP AS NEIGHBORS WORK TO COME TO
SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY THE
SHOOTING SPREE THAT SHOOK WEST
TEXAS. THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING
THROUGH THE CR+@IME SCENE AND
THIS IS THE CAR DEALERSHIP
WHERE THE GUNMEN SHOT AND KILLED
LEILA HERNANDEZ AND ENTERED HER
BROTHER NATHAN WAS AMONG THE
LAST SCENES PRO+@CESSED ON
MONDAY.
MONDAY.
MONDAY. AGENTS FROM THE FBI AND TEXAS
RANGERS HUDDLED IN A CIRCLE TO
PRAY.
PRAY.
PRAY. THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN'T
REMEMBER THOSE KILLED AND
INJURED IN THE MASS SHOOTINGS
BETWEEN MIDLAND AND ODESSA,
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. THE YOUNGEST WAS A 17-MONTH-OLD
WHO IS NOW OUT OF THE HOSPITAL
AFTER DOCTORS REPAIRED A HOLE
IN HER LIP.
>> THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK
TO DO AND +@YOU CAN CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW OUR COVERAGE ON AIR AND
ONLINE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
IN ODESSA, I AM DEMOND FERNANDEZ
.
.
. >>>
. >>> WE
. >>> WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THE
NAMES OF ALL OF THOSE+@ WHO DIE
IN THE SHOOTING.
THE YOUNGEST ONLY 15, LEILA
HERNANDEZ AND ALSO KILLED JOE
GRIFFITH, MARY GRANADOS, EDWIN
PEREGRINO, RODOL+@FO ARCO,
KAMERON BROWN AND GARCIA FROM
EL PASO.
EL PASO.
EL PASO. DETECTIVES HAVE RETRACED HIS
STEPS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING
. DAVID GOINS IS HERE WITH MORE
ON THAT AND I GUESS POLICE
STARTED TO FILL IN SO+@ME OF TH
BLANKS TODAY.
BLANKS TODAY. >> WE ARE STARTING TO PUT IT
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. WHILE INVESTIGATORS MAY NEVER
HAVE A MOTIVE FOR THE SHOOTING,
THEY DO KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING
LEADING UP TO IT.
OR TO SUPPLY SAY HE WAS FIRED
FROM HIS JOB EARLY ON SATURDAY
MORNING AND HE AND HIS FORMER
EMPLOYER THEN CALLED 911 AND
LATER ON ATOR CALLED THE
+@ NATIONAL TIP LINE RAMBLING.
MINUTES LATER THAT IS WHEN A
TROOPER TRIED TO PULL HIM OVER
FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.
A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ON
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY. THE FBI DESCRIBED THIS
STRUCTURE AS STRANGE AND SMALL.
THE SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE
CHARACTERIZING THE CONDITIONS+@
INSIDE REFLECTING HIS MENTAL
STATE ON SATURDAY.
>> HE WAS GOING DOWN. HE DID
NOT WAKE UP SATURDAY MORNING
AND WALK INTO THE COMPANY AND
THEN IT HAPPENED.
HE WENT TO THAT COMPANY IN
+@
+@ TROUBLE AND HAS PROBABLY BEEN
IN TROUBLE FOR A WHILE.
>>> AT SOME POINT ATOR TRIED
TO GET A GUN BUT WAS DENIED
AFTER A BACKGROUND CHECK.
HE FAILED BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN
CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED AS B+@EING
MENTALLY ILL.
MENTALLY ILL. GOVERNOR ABBOTT ADDED THAT THE
SHOOTER DID NOT GO THROUGH A
BACKGROUND CHECK FOR THE GUN
US+@ED IN ODESSA AND THERE IS
STILL MISSING PIECES.
>> BUT IN THAT CASE IT LOOKS
LIKE THE CHECKS AND BALANCES
+@
+@ WERE
+@ WERE AS FAR