Midland-Odessa shooting, American Airlines pulls more 737 Max flights: Your Monday Morning Roundup

The death toll rose to eight Sunday after a West Texas shooting rampage in which a gunman targeted people randomly as he fled state troopers at a traffic stop.  [Morning roundup]( 09/02/2019 By Narda Pérez and Chelsea Watkins Good morning! Here is a look at the top headlines as we start the day. 🌞 Labor Day weather: Mostly sunny and hot. High: 97. 🔎 Prefer the online view? It's [her]( Midland Mayor Jerry Morales (left) embraced Odessa Mayor David Turner following a news conference at the University of Texas Permian Basin on Sunday in Odessa. (Ryan Michalesko/Staff Photographer) MIDLAND-ODESSA SHOOTING [7 victims killed in rampage ranged in age from 15 to 57, Odessa police chief says]( The death toll rose to eight Sunday after a West Texas shooting rampage in which a gunman targeted people randomly as he fled state troopers at a traffic stop. Authorities are counting the gunman among the dead, but Odessa police Chief Michael Gerke declined to name the gunman at a news conference Sunday. He said he refused to give him "any notoriety for what he did." Later, authorities identified the shooter as Seth Aaron Ator, a 36-year-old Odessa resident. Online court records show he was arrested in 2001 for a misdemeanor offense that would not have prevented him from legally purchasing firearms in Texas. Officials have not said where he got the "AR-type weapon" he used Saturday. Police were still working to process "well over 15" crime scenes, Gerke said, and the FBI was executing a search warrant at a home in Odessa. [Authorities say Ator acted alone]( and they don't think the attack had any connection to domestic or international terrorism. Seven victims died in the rampage, and 22 were wounded, Gerke said Sunday.  'We'll get through this': [West Texas' toughness was put to the test]( after Midland-Odessa shooting.   And: As Texas experienced its second major mass shooting in less than a month, political divisions over[how to prevent gun violence boiled over.](  ADVERTISEMENT BUSINESS [American Airlines pulls 737 Max flights until early December]( American Airlines said Sunday it will cancel flights on Boeing 737 Max flights through Dec. 3, giving up hope that the plane would be ready for the busy Thanksgiving travel weekend. The [cancellations will take 140 flights a day out of the Fort Worth-based airline's schedule.]( Boeing has said it anticipates having the 737 Max line of jets ready by early in the fourth quarter. The plane has been grounded since March 13 following crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people. The crashes have been tied to a faulty sensor and a malfunctioning software system intended to keep the jets flying level. "American Airlines remains confident that impending software updates to the Boeing 737 MAX, along with the new training elements Boeing is developing in coordination with our union partners, will lead to recertification of the aircraft this year," American said in a statement. American Airlines had 24 Boeing 737 Max jets in its fleet when they were grounded in March, the second most of any U.S. airline. But it had also planned to take 40 more 737 Max deliveries in 2019, further cutting down the size of its available fleet.  Also: Plano-based Aimbridge Hospitality is merging with a Washington, D.C.-area company in a deal that expands the firm's[reach to more than 1,400 properties.](   And: Six Flags Over Texas plans to open a[148-foot-tall "water coaster]( at the Arlington theme park in 2020.  ARTS & LIFE [Fort Worth Symphony music director Miguel Harth-Bedoya begins final season with Latin American festival]( As Miguel Harth-Bedoya [begins his 20th and final season as music director]( of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, he can look back on some impressive accomplishments. The Peruvian-born conductor has turned a formerly rough-hewn orchestra into an accomplished and versatile ensemble. He has programmed far more imaginatively than counterparts at the Dallas Symphony, notably including recent Latin American music ignored 35 miles to the east. And he began a series of preseason festivals focusing on individual composers and other themes. Harth-Bedoya programmed [a three-concert Latin Spectacular Festival]( advance the FWSO's 2019-20 season. The Friday night concert dispensed with the orchestra in favor of the Mariachi Los Camperos ensemble and Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico. A Latin pops program featuring saxophonist/clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera was scheduled for Sunday afternoon. Saturday night's concert, at Bass Performance Hall, was the most conventionally symphonic of the three. It comprised only two multimovement works: Azul, for cello and orchestra, by the Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov, and La noche de los Mayas by the Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas.  Also: Sassetta's blistered, bubble-crusted, wood-fired pizzas are some of the best in town, and on [Monday nights, they're also one of the best deals.](   ADVERTISEMENT EDITORS' PICKS - Editorial: If Trump really wanted to make North Korea 'rich,' [he’d support freedom](. - ‘This is a historic day’: Breweries were packed as [Texas' beer-to-go law]( kicked in. - Commentary: [There's one question]( that the trial of Amber Guyger must answer, writes Joyce King. Lifeguard Joshua Acosta, 17, looked over an empty Glendale swimming pool last month in east Oak Cliff, a neighborhood of mostly black and Latino residents. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/Staff Photographer) FINALLY [As Dallas revives public pools, some neighborhoods are left behind]( On a cloudy Monday afternoon, Glendale Pool in South Dallas sits empty until a teen walks up to the counter and peers inside to ask if it is open. The floor of the pool is chipped and marred from years of use, and a short, faded yellow slide is bolted near the edge of the deep end. The pool sits in a neighborhood of mostly black and Latino residents with an average median income below $30,000. Twenty minutes north, in a community with a very different makeup of primarily white residents and an average median income of over $95,000, Tietze Neighborhood Aquatic Center in East Dallas was renovated this year. Now it bustles with children diving into the pool and racing to climb an overhanging rock wall. Toddlers giggle as suspended buckets of water splash down on them. The difference between Tietze and Glendale, which has not been selected to receive upgrades, illustrates a pattern among the city’s 17 outdoor public pools: Three of the four pools in mostly white, affluent communities were chosen to receive upgrades, while only [five of the 13 pools in primarily black and Latino, lower-income communities were revamped,]( a Dallas Morning News analysis found. Adding to the neighborhood divide, private pools, like those at apartment complexes, hotels and clubs, are concentrated in areas of higher income, lower poverty rates and primarily white, non-Hispanic residents, the News analysis also showed.  👋 That's all for this morning! For up-to-the-minute news and analysis, check out [DallasNews.com](. Share the love! If you like this newsletter, please forward this email to a friend and [check out our other newsletters here](. Do you have feedback? 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