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MIDLAND, Texas<\/strong> – <\/span>A gunman who killed one person and injured 10 others in Midland on Friday morning before being found dead himself has been identified.<\/p>

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The Texas Department of Public Safety said the Texas Rangers, the state\u2019s chief investigative agency, have taken over the investigation of the mass shooting in the 4600 block of West Wall Street.<\/p>

Investigators said law enforcement officers were called to the scene about 8 a.m. after reports of an active shooter. When they arrived, 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal opened fire on them and bystanders before barricading himself inside an abandoned building.<\/p>

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Victor Mata Villarreal\u00a0<\/span> (Texas DPS \/ FOX Local)<\/strong><\/span><\/p> <\/div><\/div>

Video of the scene showed officers, some armed with long guns, sheltering behind cruisers and power poles as multiple shots rang out. Another video from inside a building where people were sheltering showed a SWAT vehicle with a battering ram attached at the scene.<\/p>

Villarreal was found dead inside the building about 12:30 p.m.<\/p>

Midland Mayor Lori Blong said officers used a robot and a drone to confirm the suspect was dead.<\/p>

A spokesperson for Midland Memorial Hospital said they received nine victims. Four of them were operated on, and all but one of them are out of surgery. Five others were discharged.<\/p>

Blong said a hospital in Odessa was also treating a victim.<\/p>

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Police vehicles are parked at the scene of a standoff in Midland, Texas, on June 12, 2026.<\/span> (KOSA<\/strong>)<\/span><\/p>

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Midland faces a lot of \u2018sorrow,\u2019 mayor says<\/h2>

Blong encouraged people to pray for the victims of Friday\u2019s violence, saying that a chapel at Midland Memorial Hospital was being used to provide services to those affected.<\/p>

“There\u2019s a lot more strain and stress and sorrow for our community on the other side of this Blong said during a news conference.<\/p>

What we know about the Midland suspect<\/h2>

According to investigators, Villarreal had been on the run since Wednesday night after firing shots a Midland police officer during a traffic stop.<\/p>

Midland police said Villarreal prompted a chase when officers tried to stop his vehicle. Once stopped, he jumped out of the vehicle with a rifle and several rounds at an officer. The officer returned fire and Villarreal jumped back in his vehicle and fled.<\/p>

Victims not yet identified<\/h2>

Authorities have not yet released the identity of the person who was killed or any of the victims who survived the mass shooting.<\/p>

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Some imagery in this story came from KMID\/KPEJ and KOSA.<\/p> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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