On the morning of June 12, 2026, Midland, Texas, was rocked by an indiscriminate shooting in the 4600 block of West Wall Street that killed 62-year-old Edward Randall Scott. Scott, a longtime City of Midland employee and active figure in local and regional softball circles, was described as a loving husband and father who was killed while bystanders and officers were also shot at.

The shooter, identified as 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal of Odessa, had been involved in a vehicle pursuit with Midland police two days earlier during which he fired at an officer and became wanted for attempted capital murder of a peace officer. On June 12 Villarreal fired on law enforcement and civilians, wounding ten others. He then barricaded himself in an abandoned veterinary clinic; tactical teams used robots and drones and confirmed Villarreal was dead inside at about 12:30 p.m. An autopsy determined Villarreal died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

With Villarreal deceased, no arrests followed. What details about Edward Scott’s life in Midland or that morning might help piece together the final hours before this attack?