UPDATE: At least 20 dead after shooting at Walmart store in Texas
EL PASO, United States - At least 20 people were killed and 40 injured in a shooting at a Walmart and neighboring stores in El Paso, Texas on Saturday afternoon , sending shoppers racing for cover in a chaotic scene that prompted a massive police and medical response, local authorities and government officials said.The governor of Texas confirmed that 20 people had been killed in the shooting.
It was the second fatal shooting in less than a week at a Walmart store in the US and comes after a mass shooting in California last weekend. After officials initially said three people had been detained, Gomez confirmed that one person was in custody."We believe he's the sole shooter."— Matthew Keys August 3, 2019 NEW: El Paso Walmart shooter identified as Patrick Crusius of Dallas. Just turned 21 years old this week. #massshooting pic.twitter.com/mMYQkbR5LK
— Disaster Alert ⚠ August 3, 2019 FBI, CBP, EP Police, fire Border Patrol, DPS all on scene near Wal Mart in El Paso. pic.twitter.com/DKHDROtJSZ "You could hear the pops, one right after another and at that point as I was turning, I saw a lady, seemed she was coming out of Walmart, headed to her car. She had her groceries in her cart and I saw her just fall," she told Fox News."He was wearing a black T-shirt, camo colored pants. He was wearing something to cover his ears, like headphones, really thick ones.
One had fallen next to a truck, while two were on the sidewalk outside the store entrance."Ambulance! Help!" people cried as they rushed to the victims.A still captured from CCTV showed the gunman carrying what appeared to be an AK-47. — Carolyn Payne August 3, 2019 It has been a particularly bad week for gun violence in the United States.Last Sunday, a 19-year-old gunman opened fire at a food festival in northern California, killing three, including two children.
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