Midland Texas – Midland, Texas marked June 13 with grief after a June 12 active-shooter incident left one city employee dead and 10 others injured. Authorities say the suspect, 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal, died inside an abandoned veterinary clinic after a hours-long s
The evening prayer in Midland felt like an attempt to hold on to normal life—until the next day confirmed the worst.
On June 13. the city and community were mourning the death of a Midland city employee after a shooter opened fire in Midland on June 12 and barricaded himself inside a building for hours. One person was killed and 10 others were injured, with some victims released from hospital care and others still undergoing treatment.
The grief quickly turned to a fuller account of what unfolded. The Midland government said the shooting took one of its own, identifying the victim as Ed Scott.
Officials said they responded at about 8 a.m. local time on June 12 to reports of an active shooter in the 4600 block of West Wall Street in Midland—a city of more than 145. 000 people in western Texas. When authorities arrived, they said Villarreal fired at bystanders and officers before barricading himself inside an abandoned veterinary clinic.
Residents were asked to stay away from the area while the standoff played out. Officials said the situation wasn’t announced until close to noon. They later said the area was secured and cleared, and that armored vehicles and responders from multiple local and state agencies were brought in.
The hours ended in the afternoon of June 12 after officials confirmed the suspect was deceased inside the building using robot and drone footage.
Late on June 12. a community gathering and prayer took place. part of a coming-together that now reads like a before-and-after line—one day before the standoff’s conclusion. City officials didn’t frame it as anything more than a community event at the time. but the timing has since deepened the sense of loss.
The city identified the person killed as Ed Scott, a Midland city employee. The city did not disclose his exact role. but described him as “a person involved in the community. ” including work connected to local and regional softball organizations. The Midland government added that Scott was “a loving father and husband and good person all the way around.”.
In a separate statement. the city said Scott’s family has asked for privacy. writing: “Behind every employee badge is a husband or wife. a mother or father. a son or daughter. a friend. a teammate. and a person whose life touched countless others. Today, a family is experiencing a loss that words cannot adequately describe, and our hearts are with them.”.
Alongside the fatality, 10 injured victims were reported after the June 12 attack. They were not identified.
Midland Memorial Hospital said nine of the victims were treated there. Five were discharged the same day, while four had undergone or were undergoing surgery.
The community’s mourning on June 13 was matched by official language emphasizing the scale of the loss. The City of Midland’s government said in a social media statement: “Today is one of the hardest days our organization and our community will ever face. We lost one of our own.”
Across the investigation, the suspect’s earlier violence is now part of the story’s critical timeline.
Midland Police said that at about 11:23 p.m. on June 10. an officer attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that fled for several blocks before coming to a stop. Police said the driver—identified as Victor Mata Villarreal—exited the vehicle and fired shots from a rifle at the officer. Investigators said the officer was not injured, and Villarreal fled while the officer returned fire.
Villarreal was later wanted for attempted capital murder of a peace officer, officials said. Midland Police said the vehicle was found abandoned not far from the scene of the attempted traffic stop. but Villarreal remained at large. The Department of Public Safety said Villarreal lived in nearby Odessa, Texas.
Despite the two shooting incidents—June 10 and June 12—officials have not indicated a motive for either attack. They have also not revealed how the suspected shooter died inside the building.
What is clear from the sequence is how quickly a single person’s actions could shift from targeted violence to a public threat that kept multiple agencies working through the day. A traffic-stop incident late on June 10 escalated into a manhunt. and by the morning of June 12. authorities were responding to reports of an active shooter and a barricaded suspect on West Wall Street.
As of the end of the standoff on June 12, the situation had reached its final, confirmed stopping point inside the abandoned veterinary clinic—though for Midland, the aftermath continued in hospital rooms and in the private grief of a family that asked for privacy.
On June 13, the city’s message did not soften the reality of what happened. Midland said it would be “one of the hardest days” it and its community would face, after a city employee—Ed Scott—was killed and a wave of injuries left the community counting who had made it out of the violence alive.
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