By Curt Devine
Daniel Munoz (click here) suffered injuries from shrapnel during the shooting in Odessa, Texas
A mother in distress called police. (click here)
Her son had refused to take his mental-health medication. He was delusional about a government conspiracy against him and had threatened to end his own in life in a shootout with police.
When Amarillo, Texas, police officers arrived at her home the night of February 7, 2011, they found what they interpreted as preparations for an attack -- a machete hidden in her son's bed and an underground shelter he had dug in the backyard. In a recording the mother shared with police, her son declared, "911 will bow down before me."...
...The 2011 incident reports, obtained by CNN through a records request, raise additional questions about whether more could have been done to prevent Ator's shooting spree in the cities of Midland and Odessa, and about how Ator, who once failed a background check for an attempted firearm purchase, acquired the AR-15-style rifle he used in the attack....
