Police Kill Armed Man in Texas
德州警方擊斃持槍男子
Introduction
A man shot people in Midland, Texas, on June 12, 2026. One person died and many people were hurt. The police killed the man.
2026年6月12日，一名男子在德州米德蘭開槍射擊，造成一人死亡及多人受傷。警方隨後將該名男子擊斃。
Main Body
A man named Victor Mata Villarreal started shooting at 8:00 AM. He shot people on the street and police officers. Then he hid inside an empty animal clinic. Police used robots and drones to see him. Later, the man died.
一名叫 Victor Mata Villarreal 的男子在早上 8:00 開始開槍。他向街上的人以及警察開槍。接著他躲進一家空置的動物診所。警方使用機器人和無人機來發現他的位置。隨後，該名男子死亡。
Police wanted this man before Friday. On June 10, he shot a gun at a police officer during a car stop. The officer was okay. The man ran away in his car. He had other problems with the law in 2006 and 2009.
警方在週五前就已在追緝這名男子。6月10日，他在一次車輛攔查中向一名警察開槍。該名警察平安無事。男子隨後開車逃離。他在 2006 年和 2009 年曾有其他違法記錄。
Eleven people were hurt. One person died. Nine people went to Midland Memorial Hospital. Four people needed surgery. The FBI and the Governor of Texas sent help to the city.
共有 11 人受傷，其中 1 人死亡。9 人被送往米德蘭紀念醫院。其中 4 人需要手術。FBI 和德州州長已向該市派遣援助人員。
Conclusion
The man is dead. The police and the FBI are still looking for more information.
該名男子已死亡。警方與 FBI 仍在搜集更多資訊。
Vocabulary Learning
🕒 Talking About the Past
To reach A2, you need to change action words to show things happened before now. In this story, we see two ways to do this:
1. The Easy Change (Add -ed) Most words just need a tail.
- start → started
- want → wanted
- need → needed
2. The Rule-Breakers (Changing the word) Some words are rebels. They change their whole shape. You must memorize these:
- shoot → shot
- hide → hid
- run → ran
- go → went
🔢 Counting People
Notice how the story describes the victims. We use Numbers + Nouns to give facts:
- One person died.
- Eleven people were hurt.
- Four people needed surgery.
Quick Tip: When you count more than one, add an -s to the person/thing (People, Officers, Robots).