It is not immediately clear when or why the shooter had failed the background check, and authorities are not able to determine how he obtained a firearm. FMTNews
An FBI agent investigates the home of Seth Ator following the shooting he committed in Odessa, Texas.
He called local emergency 911 responders and then an FBI tip line to make rambling statements, officials said.But he would soon go on to open fire on civilians and police officers in a roving series of shootings, at one point hijacking a US Postal Service truck before dying in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement, police said.
Democrats in Congress want to close loopholes that under federal law, allow certain people to sell firearms without requiring background checks, such as in sales conducted online, at gun shows or out of their homes. At one point, Ator abandoned his car and hijacked a US postal van, mortally wounding the letter carrier, identified by officials as Mary Grandos, 29.
Ator was later cornered by officers in the parking lot of a cinema complex in Odessa where he was shot and killed.
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