ODESSA, Texas — UPDATE: In documents obtained by NewsWest 9, Odessa Police Department released new information on the Motel One shooting from Wednesday night.
At about 5:34 p.m., OPD responded to shots fired at Motel One. Upon the officer's arrival, they located Bronshayvia "Shay" Benson, who had suffered a gunshot wound to her abdomen.
Ballistic evidence indicated the weapon used was a 9mm pistol.
Officers located a witness that identified the shooter as a white male subject named Chris.
Detectives quickly received information from an Ector County Sheriff's Office deputy that he was contacted by Christopher Quintin Wooten. Wooten told the deputies he's the one who committed the shooting.
Wooten was located and detained by detectives at the Pilot Fuel Station located at S. County Rd West and I-20.
Wooten told detectives he had placed the gun in a trashcan located in front of the Walmart at 2450 NW Loop 338, which detectives later recovered. The firearm was identified as stolen out of Lubbock.
Wooten was taken to OPD and told a detective that he yelled at a black male subject in the parking lot of Motel One because he observed him assaulting a black female identified as "Shay". Wooten said the black male and numerous other black males surrounded him. Wooten pointed the pistol at the men and retreated into room 219 and barricaded himself in the bathroom. Wooten stated an unidentified black male forced his way into the bathroom by breaking down the door. A search warrant of the room revealed the bathroom door to be badly damaged.
Wooten said that when he was forced out of room 219, the men advanced on him, and he fired a warning shot above their heads to try to scare them away. They continued to advance on him, so he stated he closed his eyes and fired the pistol at them.
Wooten said that he had been a jailer at a Sheriff's Office and received firearms training.
Wooten was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, tampering with physical evidence and theft of a firearm.
MCH has confirmed that Benson has been released from the hospital.
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The Odessa Police Department were investigating a shooting at Motel One, 2925 E Highway 80. Officers responded to a report of a gunshot victim.
When they arrived, the officers found 21-year-old Bronshayvia Benson suffering a single gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Benson is currently at Medical Center Hospital in stable condition.
Later in the night, 29-year-old Chris Wooten was arrested for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon.
He will be transported to the Ector County Law Enforcement Center for processing and arraignment.