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| | |image = [[File:Seth_Ator.jpg|thumb|261px]] | ||
|fullname = Seth Aaron Ator | |fullname = Seth Aaron Ator | ||
|alias = | |alias = | ||
|origin = Lorena, Texas, United States | |origin = Lorena, Texas, United States | ||
|occupation = Trucker (recently fired) | |occupation = Trucker (recently fired) | ||
|type of villain = | |type of villain = Mass Shooter | ||
|goals = Unknown | |goals = Unknown | ||
|crimes = [[ | |crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>Carjacking | ||
|hobby = }}'''Seth Aaron Ator''' | |hobby = }}'''Seth Aaron Ator''' was an American [[Mass Shooting|mass shooter]] responsible for committing a drive-by spree shooting between Odessa and Midland, Texas on August 31, 2019. Eight people, including Ator, were killed, and 24, including three police officers, were injured. It was the third mass killing to take place in the United States in August 2019, along with the [[Patrick Crusius|El Paso Walmart shooting]] and the [[Connor Betts|Dayton shooting]]. Police later apprehended and killed Ator outside a movie theater. His motive for committing the shooting remains unknown at this time. | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
The shooting spree began at 3:17 p.m. during a traffic stop on Interstate 20, where a Texas state trooper was shot while attempting to stop a Honda over a failure to signal a left turn. The suspect continued into Odessa, Texas, and shot another person on the Interstate. In Odessa, he abandoned the Honda, hijacked a United States Postal Service truck, killed the letter carrier, and continued to drive and shoot people before police cornered and killed him in the parking lot of a Cinergy movie theater. | The shooting spree began at 3:17 p.m. during a traffic stop on Interstate 20, where a Texas state trooper was shot while attempting to stop a Honda over a failure to signal a left turn. The suspect continued into Odessa, Texas, and shot another person on the Interstate. In Odessa, he abandoned the Honda, hijacked a United States Postal Service truck, killed the letter carrier, and continued to drive and shoot people before police cornered and killed him in the parking lot of a Cinergy movie theater. | ||
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On September 2, at a press conference authorities revealed Ator was fired from his job at Journey Oil Field Services and called both police and the FBI before the mass shooting began. FBI special agent Christopher Combs said statements made by Ator on the FBI tip line were "rambling." | On September 2, at a press conference authorities revealed Ator was fired from his job at Journey Oil Field Services and called both police and the FBI before the mass shooting began. FBI special agent Christopher Combs said statements made by Ator on the FBI tip line were "rambling." | ||
[[Category:Murderer]] | [[Category:Murderer]] | ||
[[Category:Vehicular Villains]] | [[Category:Vehicular Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Mass Shooters]] | [[Category:Mass Shooters]] | ||
[[Category:Chaotic Evil]] | [[Category:Chaotic Evil]] | ||
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[[Category:Hijackers]] | [[Category:Hijackers]] | ||
[[Category:Criminals]] | [[Category:Criminals]] | ||