{"id":700111,"date":"2026-06-12T17:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/700111\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T17:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:23:12","slug":"midland-texas-shooting-leaves-at-least-1-dead-10-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/700111\/","title":{"rendered":"Midland, Texas, shooting leaves at least 1 dead, 10 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/40pz5q536t9yx1pb.jpg\" alt=\"FULL UPDATE: 11 wounded in Midland, Texas active shooting\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/40pz5q536t9yx1pb.jpg\" alt=\"FULL UPDATE: 11 wounded in Midland, Texas active shooting\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-48f3b93e=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">MIDLAND, Texas &#8211; A gunman in Midland who officials said killed at least one person and injured as many as 10 others is dead.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"fox7austin.com\/news\/active-shooter-reported-midland-texas-june-12-2026\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to Midland officials, an active shooting was reported Friday morning near the corner of Industrial Avenue and Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourbasin.com\/news\/active-shooter-in-midland-here-is-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">KMID\/KPEJ<\/a>, the FOX affiliate in the West Texas town, reported that multiple shots were fired.<\/p>\n<p>Police vehicles are parked at the scene of a standoff in Midland, Texas, on June 12, 2026.  (KOSA)<\/p>\n<p>\n      From: FOX Local\n    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Midland Mayor Lori Blong said the gunman had been contained by officers and that SWAT had been called to the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">City officials later posted an update on Facebook, saying the suspect was deceased. Blong said that a robot and drone were used to confirm whether the gunman was dead.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Midland Memorial Hospital officials said the facility had received nine victims \u2013 four were in operating rooms, and five were listed as stable.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Blong said a hospital in Odessa was also treating victims.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"fox7austin.com\/news\/active-shooter-reported-midland-texas-june-12-2026\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;The scene remains active and has not been cleared,&#8221; officials wrote on Facebook. &#8220;Road closures in the area are expected to remain in place for the foreseeable future as the investigation continues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Officials said a family reunification center has been set up at Midland Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"fox7austin.com\/news\/active-shooter-reported-midland-texas-june-12-2026\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The identity of the gunman has not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Information about the victims has also not yet been released.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">This is a developing story. Refresh this page for updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this story came from the City of Midland, the Midland County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, the Ector County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and KMID\/KPEJ.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIDLAND, Texas &#8211; A gunman in Midland who officials said killed at least one person and injured as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,13591,451,3,452,453,4652,25],"class_list":["post-700111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-crime-publicsafety","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}