2019 El Paso shooting
 | This article documents a mass shooting. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses, and initial news reports may be unreliable. The latest updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (August 2019) |
| 2019 El Paso shooting | |
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| Location | 7101 Gateway West Blvd., El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 31°46′54″N 106°23′28″W / 31.781593°N 106.390984°W |
| Date | August 3, 2019 10 a.m.[1] (MDT (UTC−6)) |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 15[1] |
| Injured | 26[1] |
A mass shooting occurred at a Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, United States, on August 3, 2019, at around 10 a.m. local time (18:00 UTC). News sources reported that at least 15 people are dead with 40 injured.[2][1]
Incident
The FBI's El Paso field office and the Dallas Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives responded to the scene along with the Texas Department of Public Safety.[3]
A Walmart employee told reporters that he believed that the gunman entered through the automotive section of the store.[3]
CNN cites federal sources that the suspect is 21-year-old male Patrick Crusius of Allen, Texas.[4] Two people are in police custody, one for unknown reasons.[1]
Victims
20 people died in the shooting, and 40 others were injured.[2][1] Thirteen victims were taken to the University Medical Center of El Paso,[3] and another eleven to Del Sol Medical Center.[4] Two children were transferred from the former to El Paso Children's Hospital. The Del Sol Medical Center patients are 35 to 82 years old.[3]
Political reaction
President Donald Trump was briefed about the situation and issued a message via Twitter.[5] Representative Veronica Escobar also issued a statement through Twitter after being briefed about the situation during a town hall meeting.[6] Beto O'Rourke, a Democratic presidential candidate in the 2020 Presidential election, cut his campaign tour short and returned to his hometown of El Paso.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "El Paso shooting: At least 19 people dead, 40 injured, suspect in custody, police say". NBC News. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ a b "El Paso shooting: 'Multiple fatalities' in Texas mall attack". BBC. August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Rubio, Arturo; Fernandez, Manny; Padilla, Mariel (August 3, 2019). "El Paso Shooting: Multiple Fatalities Reported at Shopping Center". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ a b "Police in El Paso, Texas, are responding to an active shooter". www.cnn.com. August 3, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ "Trump: El Paso mall shooting reports 'very bad, many killed'". POLITICO. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ Rossman, Sean. "Rep. Veronica Escobar town hall interrupted by news of El Paso, Texas, Walmart shooting". USA TODAY. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ Veronica Stracqualursi; Caroline Kenny; Daniella Diaz. "Beto O'Rourke to return to hometown of El Paso after deadly shooting". CNN. Retrieved August 3, 2019.