2019 El Paso shooting
mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, USA
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A mass shooting took place at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States, on the morning of August 3, 2019. The gunman killed 22 people and injured 24 more.[2][3][4][5]
| 2019 El Paso shooting | |
|---|---|
  El Paso El Paso (Texas)  El Paso El Paso (the United States) | |
| Location | 7101 Gateway West Blvd. El Paso, Texas, United States |
| Coordinates | 31°46′38″N 106°23′03″W / 31.7771°N 106.3843°W |
| Date | August 3, 2019 10:39 a.m. (MDT (UTC−06:00)) |
| Target | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
Attack type | Mass shooting |
| Weapons | WASR-10 |
| Deaths | 22 |
Injured | 24 |
Suspected perpetrator | Patrick Wood Crusius |
| Motive | Anti-immigration,[1] Hispanophobia[1] |
The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a possible hate crime.[6][7]
Patrick Wood Crusius, age 21, was arrested shortly after the shooting began and charged with capital murder.[8]
The 2019 Dayton shooting occurred the following day.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Politi, Daniel (August 3, 2019). "El Paso Suspect Reportedly a Trump Supporter Who Wrote Racist, Anti-Immigrant Manifesto". Slate. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Texas Walmart shooting: Twenty killed in El Paso gun attack". BBC News. August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ↑ Blankstein, Andrew; Burke, Minyvonne (August 3, 2019). "El Paso shooting: 20 people dead, 26 injured, suspect in custody, police say". NBC News. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ↑ Chas Danner (August 3, 2019). "Everything We Know About the El Paso Walmart Massacre". New York Magazine, Intelligencer. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ↑ Waldrop, Theresa; Murphy, Paul P. (August 4, 2019). "El Paso shooting suspect may face hate crime charge". CNN. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Texas Walmart shooting: El Paso attack 'appears to be hate crime'". BBC News. August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
- ↑ Romero, Simon; Fernandez, Manny; Padilla, Mariel (August 4, 2019). "El Paso Shooting: 20 People Are Dead in Massacre at Walmart". The New York Times.
- ↑ David K. Li (August 4, 2019). "El Paso shooting being treated as domestic terrorism; police say suspect is cooperating". NBC News.
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