A Texas police chief on Sunday refused to utter the name of the mass shooter who used an “AR-type weapon” to kill seven and injure 22 after a routine traffic stop.

“You’ll notice that I’m not naming this subject. I refuse to,” Odessa police chief Michael Gerke said at a press conference Sunday.

“I’m not going to give him any notoriety for what he did.”

Gerke confirmed that the killer used an “AR-type weapon” — and they believe he planned an even bigger massacre before he was shot dead by cops outside a cinema.

“It begs the question, why go to the theater if you have not planned on entering the theater?” Gerke said.

“On a Saturday afternoon in Odessa, Texas, that is one of the most crowded places to be.

“There’s no way of knowing without talking to him, and we can’t talk to him. But he showed up at a movie theater which would tend to show his motives.”

Gerke said that initial reports of more than one gunman came because the killer had hijacked a mail van during his massacre.

“There are no definitive answers as to motive or reasons at this point but we are fairly certain that the subject did act alone,” he said.

The FBI, meanwhile, does not believe it is connected to “domestic or international terrorism.”

Gerke confirmed that three law enforcement officers were among the 22 injured while “very, very sadly” seven people were killed.

“My heart aches for all,” he said of the victims who were aged between 15 and 57.