Texas DPS says no officers were injured in Midland shooting

Midland (a West Texas city in the Permian Basin oil region, population about 140,000) was the scene of the June 12 shooting on West Wall Street. The Texas Department of Public Safety, or DPS (Texas’s statewide public-safety agency), is one of the authorities giving official information on the case. The Texas Rangers (the state investigative division within DPS) are handling parts of the inquiry at Midland police’s request. Midland Police Chief Greg Snow is the local police chief who described officers being trapped behind patrol vehicles during the gunfire. Victor Mata Villarreal (a 45-year-old Odessa resident, according to officials) had been sought after police said he fired at an officer during a June 10 traffic stop. Midland Memorial Hospital (the city’s main hospital) treated victims and later reported remaining admissions.