At least 1 dead, 10 injured in Texas shooting; suspect dead after standoff

A shooter was barricaded in a building in Midland, Texas, on Friday morning after an incident that killed at least one person and left 10 others injured, officials said.

The gunman who barricaded himself in a Midland, Texas, building on Friday after a shooting that killed at least one person was wanted for attempted capital murder of a police officer, officials said.

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The shooting happened around 8 a.m. on West Wall Street. One person, identified as City of Midland employee Ed Scott, was killed. Ten others were injured.

The suspect, Victor Mata Villarreal, 45, allegedly fired at police and bystanders and then barricaded himself inside an abandoned veterinary clinic building, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a news release.