At least 25 bodies were found by pers after a pre-dawn fire hit a scuba ping vessel off a Southern California island on Monday, leaving 9 people missing, while the U.S. Coast Guard continued its search, Reuters reported.
Representatives for the Coast Guard’s pision in Los Angeles and the Santa Barbara, California, Sheriff’s Office could not immediately confirm the reports from CBS News and the Associated Press, of the recovery operation in waters off Santa Cruz.
Earlier, five people were killed and 21 others were injured by a gunman who opened fire in a series of shootings near Odessa in western Texas.
The shooting took place between the West Texas cities of Midland and Odessa that started with a traffic stop and ended when he was killed by officers, authorities said.
The police killed the suspect who hijacked a postal van and opened fire on police officers, motorists and shoppers on a busy Labor Day holiday weekend before being shot dead outside a multiplex cinema complex in Odessa, police said.
Midland Police has shot the suspect and killed him at a cinema complex.
The motive of the gunman, who was white and in his mid-30s, was unclear.
Police said there were a total of 25 shooting victims, including police officers from three different departments.
Authorities originally thought there were two shooters driving two vehicles, but Odessa Police Chief Michael Gerke told a news conference on Saturday evening that he believed there was only one.
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