“The Department of Justice has drafted a bill to accelerate the death penalty for perpetrators of massacres,” TASS quoted Mark Short, chief of staff of the US vice president Mike Pence.
He noted that "this could be part of the final package that the White House will offer to Congress."
On September 1, it was reported that in Texas an unknown man had fired on the road between the cities of Midland and Odessa. He opened fire on a policeman who stopped his car for inspection. Then the criminal continued to shoot civilians on the streets of Odessa. During an exchange of fire with police officers, the attacker was eliminated. As a result of the attack, five people were killed, another 21 were injured.