West Texas fugitive dead after killing 1 and injuring 10 in shooting following an over 30-hour manhunt | CNN

An over 30-hour manhunt for a West Texas fugitive wanted for the attempted murder of a police officer ended Friday after the man fired random shots at passing cars as police closed in on him, killing one person and injuring 10 others. Authorities had been searching for Victor Mata Villarreal, 45, of Odessa, since Wednesday after he fired multiple shots at an officer during a pursuit, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. When officers in Midland, Texas, responded to reports of shots being fired Friday morning, Villarreal barricaded himself in an abandoned veterinary clinic, police said. When they reached him, he was dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a law enforcement source told CNN. The victim who was killed was identified as 62-year-old Ed Scott, an employee of the city of Midland and member of the local softball community, the city said in a social media post Friday evening. “A member of the City of Midland family will not be coming home,” the statement said. Villarreal may have turned off his cell phone to avoid attempts to track his location but the phone began sending signals again Friday morning in the area of the Victorian Inn, according to multipl

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