At least a dozen people were shot in Midland Texas on Friday morning prompting an hourslong standoff though it is not yet known what led up to the mass shooting. The shooter wa dead, mayor Lori Blong confirmed. “We do have 11 known victims at this time. There’s at least one victim that is dead on the scene,” Midland Mayor Lori Blong said Friday. “The active shooter situation has ended, and the shooter is confirmed deceased.”
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Officers heard gunfire coming from a building in the 4600 block of West Wall Street, Police Chief Greg Snow said in a statement. “Efforts to bring the standoff with the shooter to a safe resolution are ongoing,” Snow said earlier Friday morning.
Brenda Bowen, the manager of All American Collision, said she saw “a man (randomly) shooting at cars driving by.” Her business went on lockdown as the standoff unfolded.
