AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe man was confirmed to be dead after he had barricaded himself in a building in Midland, following an earlier shooting on Friday that killed one person and injured at least 11 others.Listen · 1:48 min In an image provided by local news, law enforcement officers responded to reports of an active shooter in Midland, Texas.Credit...KMID/KPEJ, via Associated PressBy Mack LiedermanJune 12, 2026Updated 1:08 p.m. ETA man who barricaded himself inside a building in Midland, Texas, is dead following a shooting that left one other person dead and at least 11 people injured, officials said on Friday.Around 100 police officers and a SWAT team responded to the scene at a veterinary hospital building in Midland around 8 a.m. local time, a spokesman for the Midland Police Department said. The man was confirmed to be dead shortly before noon local time.Shots were fired earlier on Friday morning from inside the building in the 4600 block of West Wall Street, the spokesman said.Midland Memorial Hospital said on social media that it had received nine victims from the earlier shooting. Four were in the operating room and five were in stable condition. The hospital lifted a lockdown around 11:20 a.m. local time.The shooter was inside the building near U.S. Highway 80, Mr. Doreen said. He added that armored vehicles were at the scene in Midland, a city in West Texas, about 57 miles from the New Mexico border.At a news conference earlier Friday, Mayor Lori Blong of Midland said the man had been surrounded and was “contained” by law enforcement.“This is an all-hands-on-deck,” Ms. Blong said, adding that multiple agencies had responded to the scene.The stretch near the shooting includes several budget hotels. Vikram Khurmi, a front desk worker at the Grand Texan Hotel & Convention Center, near the building where the man was barricaded, said that law enforcement had been blocking traffic.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.Ishani Desai contributed reporting.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT