In Concho County Texas a gunman randomly fired out of the window of a pickup truck on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
The 23-year-old gunman, whose name has been withheld pending notification of relatives, was then killed by police fire in shootout with a Highway Patrol trooper and game warden who arrived to assist the sheriff.
The victim who was fatally wounded has been identified as 41 year-old Alicia Torres, who was shot while in her car.
The first incident occurred at 4:30 a.m. in Eden, the suspect opened fire at a car, wounding a woman who was later hospitalized in San Angelo.
The suspect went on to wound two more people over a short period of time. The victims were sitting in their vehicle outside of a Stripes convenience store in a neighboring town. The Brownwood Bulletin spoke with Bangs Police Chief Troy Grusendorf who said that two of the injured people are the sister-in-law of Chief Grusendorf and his sister-in-law's husband. The sister-in-law apparently worked at the convenience store where the shooting occurred.
The suspect then returned to Eden and shot at a vehicle, injuring another person. All of wounded victims were treated and released, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
At 6 a.m. Torres was found dead in her car in the town of Eola.
Authorities have recovered an assault rifle, a handgun, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the suspect, according to a statement from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
About 15 minutes later the Concho County Sheriff Richard Doane spotted the suspect on the highway, resulting in the shoot-out. Sheriff Doane was wounded and taken to a San Angelo hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The Texas Rangers, local law enforcement and Texas Parks and Wildlife investigated multiple scenes in the Concho area, 250 miles Southwest of Dallas, following the shooting spree.
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