Texas shooter bought gun in private sale, after ban due to mental illness: ABC

(Reuters) - The gunman who killed seven people and wounded 23 others in a rampage across West Texas on Saturday obtained the assault-style rifle used through a private sale after he was banned from having a firearm because he was diagnosed with a mental illness, media reported. The gunman, identified as Seth Aaron Ator, 36, carried out the shooting spree in the neighbouring cities of Midland and Odessa, shortly after he was fired from his trucking job

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