Victims of Odessa Midland Shooting Rampage Identified

29-year-old Mary Granados was among the seven killed
[photo: GoFundMe]
ODESSA (AP) – The victims of Saturday’s deadly shooting rampage in Odessa and Midland have been identified.

Seven people, between the ages of 15 and 57, were killed and 22 were injured when a gunman went on a violent shooting spree.

Investigators are still looking into what sparked the rampage.

Police said the shooting started with a traffic stop where the suspect, identified as 36-year-old Seth Ator, shot at police and took off in a gold car, shooting randomly for more than 10 miles.

Ator was eventually killed in a shootout with police in the parking lot of a movie theater in Odessa.

Now, the families of the victims and the communities they lived in are in mourning.

29-year-old Mary Granados was alone in her U.S. Postal Service truck when she was shot and killed by the suspect who hijacked the vehicle during the deadly spree.

A GoFundMe campaign to help the family pay for funeral expenses has already raised more than $36,000. Click here to donate.

25-year-old Edwin Peregrino ran into the yard of his parents’ Odessa home to investigate after hearing gunshots, his sister, Eritizi Peregrino, told The Washington Post.

The gunman, who sped past the home opened fire and killed him.

15-year-old Leilah Hernandez  was with her family Saturday as her 18-year-old brother, Nathan, picked up a truck.

Nathan and Leilah were shot while walking out of the dealership, her grandmother, Nora Leyva, told the Post.

The Odessa High School student had just celebrated her quinceanera in May.

40-year-old Joseph Griffith was killed while sitting at a traffic light with his wife, two children and oldest sister.

“This maniac pulled up next to him and shot him, took away his life, murdered my baby brother. Like nothing,” Byrne said. “We are so broken.”

The youngest surviving victim of the shooting is a 17-month-old girl named Haylee Wilkerson. She was shot in the face and chest and miraculously survived.

A GoFundMe campaign to support her and her family has already raised more than $188,000. Click here to donate.

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