AUTHORITIES SEARCH FOR ANSWERS IN ODESSA SHOOTINGS

  

Authorities in Odessa say they are not sure why a man with a misdemeanor on his record and no warrants for his arrest suddenly erupted in a spate of violence after a routine traffic stop in West Texas, killing seven, including a man slain outside his parents’ home and a teenager fatally shot as she left a car dealership with her family.

Authorities said that 36-year old Seth Aaron Ator also injured 22 people Saturday afternoon before officers killed him outside a busy movie theater in Odessa.

Online court records show Ator was arrested in 2001 for a misdemeanor offense.

Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke said there were still no answers pointing to a motive for the chaotic attacks, which began when Texas state troopers tried pulling over a car on I-20 for failing to signal a left turn.