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20 killed, 26 wounded when gunman attacks Texas shoppers @ 2019-08-05T00: Back Hot News
Keyword:El Paso
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A 21-YEAR-OLD WHITE MAN WAS ARRESTED AT THE WALMART STORE WHERE THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE IN THE CITY OF EL PASO, NEAR THE US-MEXICO BORDER, ON SATURDAY.
MOURNERS TAKE PART IN A VIGIL AT EL PASO HIGH SCHOOL AFTER A MASS SHOOTING AT A WALMART STORE IN EL PASO, TEX.
FOOTAGE POSTED TO SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS PEOPLE BEING EVACUATED DURING A MASS SHOOTING AT A SHOPPING MALL IN EL PASO, TEXAS. A MAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE OPENED FIRE AT THE MALL"S WALMART STORE AS FAMILIES SHOPPED FOR THE START OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, KILLING AT LEAST 20 AND WOUNDING 26 OTHERS.
EL PASO-JUAREZ IS A BIG, BUSTLING DESERT CITY OF OVER TWO MILLION, STRADDLING THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. MY HOMETOWN HAS VIRTUALLY ZERO MODERN HISTORY OF ETHNIC STRIFE; EL PASO ALONE IS OVER 80 PERCENT HISPANIC. WE SWITCH FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH WITHOUT SKIPPING A BEAT AND WE ARE FINE WITH THAT. BUT THE TRUMP ERA IS NOT.
AT HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS IN FEBRUARY, TRUMP SAID EL PASO "USED TO HAVE EXTREMELY HIGH RATES OF VIOLENT CRIME — ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE COUNTRY, AND CONSIDERED ONE OF OUR NATION"S MOST DANGEROUS CITIES. NOW, WITH A POWERFUL BARRIER IN PLACE, EL PASO IS ONE OF OUR SAFEST CITIES.」
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BETO O"ROURKE, WHO FORMERLY REPRESENTED THE EL PASO DISTRICT IN THE U.S. HOUSE, WAS AT AN EVENT IN LAS VEGAS WHEN HE HEARD OF THE SHOOTING. "I JUST ASK FOR EVERYONE"S STRENGTH FOR EL PASO RIGHT NOW — EVERYONE"S RESOLVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY," HE SAID, ADDING HE WAS IMMEDIATELY RETURNING HOME TO EL PASO, WHERE HIS FAMILY LIVES.
LATER SATURDAY NIGHT, TRUMP TWEETED CONDOLENCES. 「TODAY』S SHOOTING IN EL PASO, TEXAS WAS NOT ONLY TRAGIC, IT WAS AN ACT OF COWARDICE. I KNOW THAT I STAND WITH EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY TO CONDEMN TODAY』S HATEFUL ACT. THERE ARE NO REASONS OR EXCUSES THAT WILL EVER JUSTIFY KILLING INNOCENT PEOPLE. MELANIA AND I SEND OUR HEARTFELT THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF TEXAS.」
VIDEO TAKEN FROM INSIDE THE EL PASO, TEXAS, WALMART WHERE 20 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN WERE INJURED IN A MASS SHOOTING SHOWS A MAN HIDING UNDER A TABLE AS SHOTS WERE FIRED.
THREE MEXICANS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AMONG THE 20 DEAD FOLLOWING THE EL PASO WALMART SHOOTING, WITH AUTHORITIES NOW SAYING THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING SATURDAY』S MASSACRE AS A RACE HATE CRIME.
A WITNESS IN EL PASO, TEXAS, DESCRIBES HELPING CHILDREN EVACUATE CIELO VISTA MALL AFTER HEARING MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS.
SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES RESPOND TO AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ON SATURDAY IN EL PASO, TEXAS. | MARK LAMBIE/THE EL PASO TIMES VIA AP
AFTER A GUNMAN ARMED WITH A RIFLE KILLED 20 PEOPLE AT A WALMART IN EL PASO, TEXAS, ON SATURDAY AND WOUNDED MORE THAN TWO DOZEN BEFORE BEING ARRESTED, TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT VOWED TO AGGRESSIVELY PROSECUTE THE CASE. VIDEO: REUTERS
WE"RE GOING TO BEGIN THE PROGRAM WITH THE NEWS OUT OF EL PASO, TEXAS. POLICE SAY THAT ONE PERSON, A MAN, IS IN CUSTODY AFTER A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE NEAR A WALMART AND SHOPPING CENTER AROUND 10 A.M. LOCAL TIME JUST AFTER THE MALL OPENED. EL PASO POLICE SAY MULTIPLE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. THIS IS A DEVELOPING STORY. DETAILS HAVE BEEN COMING OUT LITTLE BY LITTLE ALL DAY. SO WE"RE GOING TO GET THE LATEST NOW FROM EL PASO. WE"RE JOINED NOW BY REPORTER MONICA ORTIZ URIBE. AND SHE"S IN EL PASO RIGHT NOW.
AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED EARLY SUNDAY WHEN A GUNMAN ATTACKED AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT IN DAYTON, OHIO, THE NATION』S THIRD MASS SHOOTING IN LESS THAN A WEEK AFTER FATALITIES IN EL PASO AND GILROY, CALIF.
AS USUAL, FACTS AND TRUTH ARE ELUSIVE IN THE HOURS AFTER A MASS SHOOTING. EARLY REPORTS ON THE MURDEROUS RAMPAGE AT AN EL PASO SHOPPING MALL PUT THE DEATH TOLL AT AT LEAST 20, WITH MORE PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED WITH GRAVE INJURIES. CHILLINGLY, BUT NOT SURPRISINGLY, POLICE WERE INVESTIGATING WHETHER ANTI-IMMIGRANT STATEMENTS POSTED ONLINE WERE WRITTEN BY THE ALLEGED GUNMAN, AND WHETHER SUCH DETAILS PROVIDE A PATH TO UNDERSTANDING THIS LATEST MASS ATROCITY.
「NOT SPEAKING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, WHICH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION, THE MANIFESTO NARRATIVE IS FUELLED BY HATE, AND IT IS FUELLED BY RACISM AND BIGOTRY AND DIVISION,」 SAID VERONICA ESCOBAR, THE CONGRESSWOMAN WHO REPRESENTS EL PASO. 「EL PASO HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN A VERY SAFE COMMUNITY. WE』VE BEEN SAFE FOR DECADES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SAFE.」
NO. WHAT WAS MOST HORRIFYING IS WHAT THE EL PASO SHOOTINGS TELL US ABOUT THE UTTER INABILITY AND UNWILLINGNESS OF OUR POLITICAL LEADERS TO HEED THE MESSAGE OF GUN VIOLENCE BY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. TEXAS IS A MODEL CASE, FOR ITS LEGISLATORS AND GOVERNOR NOT ONLY TURNED DOWN MEASURES THAT WOULD IMPOSE RATIONAL CONTROLS ON GUN OWNERS, BUT LOOSENED EXISTING LAWS.
GATHERED IN WASHINGTON FOR A LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE CALLED GUN SENSE UNIVERSITY, VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION MOBILIZED ON THE LAST DAY. WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CELEBRATORY CLOSING GALA TURNED INTO A DIRE POLITICAL MOMENT UPON HEARING THE NEWS OF THE SHOOTINGS AT EL PASO.

 

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