West Texas gunman killed seven and wounded 22, including toddler

An FBI agent investigates the home of Seth Ator following the shooting he committed, in Odessa, Texas, US. [Reuters]

A gunman who went on the rampage with an AR-type rifle in West Texas killed seven people and wounded 22 others, including a toddler who was shot in the face, before he was killed by police, authorities said on Sunday.

Police said the second mass shooting in Texas in four weeks began on Saturday afternoon with a routine traffic stop and ended when the suspect, a white male in his 30s, was cornered by officers in the parking lot of a cinema complex.