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HERE WE GO AGAIN....CAN'T BELIEVE IT.....CAN'T EVEN GO A FEW WEEKS BEFORE SOME MANIAC COMES ALONG AND STARTS TO OPEN FIRE!!......SHOOTER IS IDENTIFIED AS 36 YR OLD SETH ATOR.......HE WAS KILLED BY POLICE. IN ODESSA TEXAS HE OPEN FIRED AND KILLED 7 AND INJURED AT LEAST 21 INCLUDING A TODDLER WHO WILL UNDERGO SURGERY TOMORROW!.....Law enforcement officials on Sunday identified the man who killed seven people and wounded 22 others in a shooting spree in West Texas as Seth Ator, 36.Ator was arrested in 2001 for criminal trespass and evading arrest, both misdemeanors, according to public records. Adjudication was deferred, though the details of the case were not immediately available. His record also includes a 2018 traffic citation for a federal motor carrier safety violation, according to Ector County court records.A police booking photo from 2001 shows Seth Ator.Ator was pulled over by Texas troopers in Midland on Saturday afternoon for failing to use his signal, police said. He then shot at them with what police described as an AR-type weapon and sped away. Driving on streets and the highway, he sprayed bullets randomly at residents and motorists, police said.The man then hijacked a postal truck and ditched his gold Honda, shooting at people as he made his way into Odessa about 20 miles away. There, police confronted him in a movie theater parking lot and killed him in a shootout.The shooter hijacked a US Postal Service vehicle, police said.Among the wounded were a 17-month-old girl and three law enforcement officers, hospital and police officials said.It's unclear what his motive was. Authorities say they believe the shooter acted alone.The attack during the busy Labor Day weekend put people on edge in a state where a gunman killed 22 less than a month ago at a Walmart in El Paso, about 285 miles west of Odessa.FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs said his agency responds to Texas frequently.