Chicago Tribune reports
The first incident took place about 4:30 a.m. when the suspect opened
fire on vehicle near Eden, wounding a woman, who was later hospitalized
in San Angelo, the statement said.
The suspect wounded two more
people a short time later as they sat in their vehicle outside a
convenience store in Brady, and then returned to Eden, where he fired on
another vehicle and wounded another person. Those three were treated
and released.
About 6 a.m., Torres was found shot to death in her car in Eola.
Some 15 minutes later, Concho County Sheriff Richard Doane encountered
the suspect on a highway north of Eden. The sheriff was wounded and
taken to a San Angelo hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the
statement said.
The gunman was killed in a shootout with a
Highway Patrol trooper and game warden who arrived to assist the
sheriff, the statement said.
The Texas Department of Public Safety identified the man as 23-year-old Esteban J. Smith of the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base.
ReplyDeleteCamp Lejeune officials would not confirm the suspect's name. However, spokesman Master Sgt. Cress said in an emailed statement that authorities were investigating a possible connection between the Texas shooting and a homicide in Jacksonville, N.C., near the Marine base. He also confirmed that the Texas shooting suspect was an active duty Marine.
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