Cavalry
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Still in flux. Apparently barricaded and exchanging gunfire. Place you bets on the shooter, motives, etc.
Midland TX Shooting
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GTN
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What state is Midland?
Cavalry
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Midland active shooting leaves 1 dead, 10 injured in West Texas town
A gunman in Midland has killed at least one person and injured as many as 10 others as part of an active shooting that officials said has turned into a standoff.
Auden B. Cabello (@CabelloAuden) on X
BREAKING: Active shooter in Midland, Texas. Several businesses are on lockdown. Early reports indicate multiple people have been hospitalized. https://t.co/KEeNr2wQ8Y
Midland in nowhere near Austin. I used to live in Midland. It's a VERY red part of Texas.
Cavalry
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you are about 300 miles off
Cavalry
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Correct. Oil will do that.
spat
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Working hard for a living will do that.
Oil is just one way.
It takes someone who's never had to actually produce something to fall for the "everything should be free" mentality.
Are you sure ? Because the map I was looking at showed Midland about a half an inch away from Austin.
spat
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Google maps says 319 miles, and a 5 hour 8 minute drive. Thats WAY too close to Austin for me!
Texas is weird, they have little enclaves of leftist strongholds everywhere. Voting maps dont tell the whole story. Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and even Austin have very blue areas and very red areas.
We have friends who live 5 miles from downtown Austin. Their entire neighborhood is full of Trump supporters and very right wing people.
Its mostly Austin proper where the leftists have a foothold. They are surrounded by patriots.
So this person shot at police before this incident and managed to get away. Then barricaded himself in a building and shot other people.
This article doesn't mention that he killed anyone else, only that the perp is dead.
Interestingly, there are no descriptions of the perp other than his name. And no pictures.
"Officials identified the suspect, who was killed in the shooting during a standoff with police, as Victor Mata Villarreal. The 45-year-old man had been wanted for attempted capital murder of a peace officer after firing multiple shots at a Midland police officer during a vehicle pursuit on Wednesday, June 10."
Beerman
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Wait- “Texas inches”? I guess it’s true that everything’s bigger in Texas. But I’m still figurin’ they wear them giant hats to compensate for tiny peckers.
Steal2B
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According to a statement released by a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson, Villarreal was a Mexican citizen who was granted a U.S. green card in 1993.
Victor Mata Villarreal had an extensive criminal record. According to a statement provided by a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson to Newsweek, his criminal history included several convictions and arrests prior to the June 2026 mass shooting in Midland.
His record includes convictions for unlawfully carrying a firearm, fraud, driving under the influence (DUI), numerous weapons offenses, disorderly conduct and other public order crimes. He was arrested and charged in 2003, 2004, and 2009 for other multiple felonies that were dismissed as part of a plea deals.
Green Card holders can have their status revoked and be deported if they commit crimes or violate immigration laws and I would guess he was a candidate for deportation since the Bush 43 and Obama years.
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repete
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Well, thank God for that! Just think of the mayhem he could have raised if he was not on the 'radar'!