Students hold prayer circle to remember victims of Texas mass shooting
ODESSA, Texas - In the aftermath of a mass shooting in Odessa, Texas that left 7 dead and another 25 injured, students are gathered to remember those victims.
Students at Permian High School gathered together in a prayer circle Tuesday morning.
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Rilee Nicole, of Odessa, shared footage of the students praying for the victims on Tuesday.
In the video, they are seen holding hands as a prayer is led.
Their community is still in the early stages of recovery following Saturday’s mass shooting.
The Labor Day weekend shooting was committed by a man police identified as Seth Aaron Ator. The 36-year-old had been fired from his job on the morning of Aug. 31 and began shooting after being pulled over by police for a traffic stop.
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Police ended Ator’s shooting spree by killing him.
A motive for the shooting remains unknown.