Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: A 23-year-old Marine suspected in a deadly shooting rampage across west Texas was already wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of his wife, officials said. 
  
 Esteban J. Smith, 23, was killed in a gun battle with authorities early Sunday following a two-hour terror spree that spanned two counties and left one woman dead, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. 
  
 Five others were wounded, including Concho County Sheriff Richard Doane. 
  
 Smith, of the Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base in North Carolina, had been sought for questioning in the death of his wife, Rubi Estefania Smith, in a motel room in Jacksonville, N.C. 
  
 Estefania Smith, of Bakersfield, Calif., was found murdered Sunday from a knife wound. 
  
 Police investigating the multiple crime scenes in Texas couldn’t immediately say why Smith was in the area. 
  
 The active duty Marine allegedly opened fire from his pickup truck with an assault rifle as he drove through rural Concho and McCulloch counties, randomly blasting at his victims. 
  
 One of the multiple crime scenes in west Texas where police say a 23-year-old U.S. Marine went on a shooting rampage early Sunday. (KLST) 
  
 Three people were treated for their wounds in hospitals and discharged. Two others, including Sheriff Doane, remained hospitalized Monday with nonlife-threatening wounds. 
  
 The mayhem began at about 4:30 a.m., when the gunman shot a driver in the Eden area of Concho County, southeast of San Angelo. She was hospitalized with wounlds that were nonlife-threatening, said Tom Vinger, spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety. 
  
 Over the next 90 minutes, two more people were shot while sitting in a car at a convenience store in McCulloch County. Both were treated for their wounds and discharged from a hospital, Vinger said. 
  
 Shortly after 6 a.m., Alicia Torres, 41, was found dead in her car in Eola, Concho County. 
  
 Her cousin said she was parked outside of the family’s home when he heard a car honking. 
  
 “Within a few seconds after the horn stopped beeping ... I heard roughly five shots being fired and a vehicle drive off,” Ernest Torres told CBS affiliate KLST. 
  
 Ernest Torres, a cousin of shooting victime Alicia Torres, says she appeared to be randomly targeted. (KLST) 
  
 When he stepped outside, the gunman was gone. His cousin was dead. 
  
 “It’s really random,” Ernest Torres said. “She was a nice person. She didn’t have any enemies. Why someone would shoot her, we don’t know.” 
  
 After peeling away from the scene, Smith crossed paths with Sheriff Doane on a highway north of Eden, authorities said. The suspect fired at Doane, who was wounded in the gunfire and hospitalized. 
  
 A state trooper and game warden then arrived and exchanged gunfire with Smith, who was killed, Vinger said. 
  
 An assault rifle, handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were recovered from the suspect's pickup. 
  
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 EOLA, Texas (CBS/KLST) -- A weekend of bizarre shooting in various west Texas towns has authorities baffled. The one man crime spree two people, including the killer, dead, four others, including a county sheriff, wounded; and law enforcement trying to piece it all together. 
  
 Authorities are currently investigating why a man shot and killed one woman and injured four others, including the Concho County Sheriff early Sunday morning. 
  
 The first shooting took place around 4:30 a.m. when a 23-year-old suspect shot and injured a woman in the Eden area. Within the hour the same suspect shot and injured two more people at a convenience store in Brady before heading back to the Eden area and shooting another person. 
  
 By 6 a.m. the same suspect shot and killed a 42-year-old woman inside of her car in Eola. The victim's cousin was next door when the shooting happened, he explains what he heard. Ernest Torres says, "I heard a car beeping it's horn and within a few seconds that the horn stopped beeping I heard about five shots fired and then a vehicle drive off. As I got out of bed and walked into the living room, somebody had taken off and I had looked out and there was no one around except for the vehicle that had been shot at. It wasn't until I came out and stood on my neighbor's porch that I realized it was my cousin that had been shot." 
  
 Within minutes Concho County Sheriff Richard Doane encountered the suspect north of Eden on U.S. 83 when the suspect opened fire and wounded the sheriff. 
  
 D.P.S. troopers and the Texas Wildlife Game Warden arrived on scene and exchanged gun fire with the suspect who was shot and killed at the scene. 
  
 It is unknown why the attacks took place. An assault rifle, a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition were recovered on the scene. 
  
 As the investigation into the shootings is ongoing, the victim's family are trying to figure out why something like this would happened. Torres says, "Things like this aren't suppose to happen in Eden. I don't know why someone would want to shoot my cousin. She didn't have any enemies." 
  
 The deceased 23-year-old suspect was a North Carolina resident. He remains unidentified at the time. ||||| Deadly Texas shooting rampage suspect a decorated Camp Lejeune Marine Posted: Sunday, May 26, 2013 4:45 PM EST Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:17 AM EST 
  
 The Camp Lejeune Marine behind a deadly shooting spree in Texas was a decorated Marine who deployed twice to Afghanistan, military officials say. 
  
 Law enforcement in Texas shot and killed Lance Cpl. Esteban Jimene Smith, 23, of Bakersfield, California, after they say he shot six people in an early morning shooting rampage on Sunday. Five were injured and a 41-year-old woman died, police said. 
  
 Smith joined the Marine Corps in November 2008 as a rifleman, deploying to Afghanistan from August 2010 to May 2011, and again from April 2012 to November 2012, said Master Sgt. Jonathan Cress, Camp Lejeune spokesman. 
  
 Smith deployed with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division. His personal awards include the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and a Combat Action Ribbon, said Cress. 
  
 Smith was also awarded the Afghanistan Campaign Medal (2nd award), a Navy Unit Commendation (2nd award), Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (2nd award), and the NATO Medal - International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan. 
  
 Police say Smith murdered his wife, 21-year-old Rubi Estefania Smith, also of Bakersfield, California, before his deadly shooting spree in Texas. Jacksonville police found her body Sunday afternoon at the Sunset Inn on Western Boulevard with trauma from a stab wound. 
  
 "He lived on Camp Lejeune, so he didn't live out in town. That's the reason they were in the motel," said Chief Michael Yaniero of the Jacksonville Police Department. 
  
 Police say after Smith murdered his wife, he traveled to Texas. Onslow County district attorney Ernie Lee believes Smith had family there. 
  
 "I guess what bothers me so much about this case is not only is there a tragedy now for the victim's family here in Onslow County, but now we got victims out in the state of Texas too," said Lee. 
  
 The Texas Department of Public Safety says around 4:30 Sunday morning, Smith began randomly shooting at people from his pickup truck in Concho County, Texas killing a woman, 41-year-old Alicia Torres, and injuring five. One of those injured was the Concho County Sheriff. 
  
 "I know there are a lot of families out there suffering right now because of either wounded or lost loved ones," said Lee. 
  
 Following a police pursuit, Smith died in a shootout with a game warden and a trooper. Texas police recovered an assault rifle, a handgun, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. 
  
 "NCIS is helping us coordinate this investigation," said Yaniero. 
  
 Law enforcement is now investigating three sets of crime scenes: those in Texas, the one at the motel, and Smith's room at Camp Lejeune. 
  
 Police say they're not sure how long Smith's wife was dead before they found her. They're waiting on autopsy results to find that out, said Yaniero. 
  
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 The death of a Camp Lejeune Marine's wife found in a Jacksonville hotel is being investigated as a homicide. 
  
 The Jacksonville Police Department said an active duty Camp Lejeune Marine is linked to the deaths of two women, one in Jacksonville and one in Texas. 
  
 21 year old Rubi Estefania Smith of Bakersfield, California was found dead Sunday afternoon at a Jacksonville hotel. She's the wife of Estaban J. Smith. 
  
 Police found her body at the Sunset Inn at 497 Western Boulevard. The investigation revealed that she suffered from trauma consistent with a knife wound. 
  
 Evidence collected in the multi-agency investigation points to Esteban Smith as being responsible for his wife's death. 
  
 Smith is also connected to the death of 41-year-old Alicia Torres of Eola, TX, said Cress. Texas authorities say Smith shot and killed Torres, who was found dead in her car early Sunday morning. 
  
 Texas authorities said Torres was one of Smith's six victims in a shooting spree that began around 4:30 AM Sunday. The shooting spree left five injured and one dead. One of the shooting victims was the Concho County sheriff. 
  
 Smith was killed Sunday morning in a shootout with Texas law enforcement following his alleged shooting spree. 
  
 The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and Jacksonville Police Department continue investigating the death of the woman in Jacksonville. 
  
 Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact JPD Detective Derek Simmons at (910) 455-4000 or dsimmons@ci.jacksonville.nc.us. 
  
 Crime Stoppers (910) 389- 3273 offers rewards of up to $2,500 for information leading to an arrest. Callers to Crime Stoppers are not required to reveal their identities. |||||
Student:
Police have identified the man they believe went on a random shooting spree in Texas on Sunday—and he turns out to be Esteban Smith, 23, an active-duty Marine who has also been connected to a murder in North Carolina, the New York Daily News reports. The victim in that killing? Smith's wife, Rubi Estefania Smith, whose body was found in a Jacksonville, NC, motel room near Camp Lejeune, reports WNCT. Police say she suffered a knife wound. They didn't discover her body until Sunday afternoon—hours after Esteban Smith was dead. Smith, who was stationed at Camp Lejeune, allegedly fired off an assault rifle as he drove his pickup truck through two Texas counties on Sunday, taking aim at seemingly arbitrary victims starting around 4:30am. One woman was killed and five others, including the Concho County sheriff, were wounded in the rampage. Smith was eventually killed in a shootout with officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Wildlife Game Warden, THV 11 reports. Hundreds of rounds of ammunition were recovered from his car.