a festivus miracle. sigh.
A number of news outlets, including CBS, The Wall St Journal and USA Today and The Daily Beast, are reporting that the Odessa/Midland shooter is Seth Ator, 36 years old , formerly of Waco:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/01/texas-shooting-gunman-identified-seth-ator/2188123001/