Posted on 08/03/2019 2:30:40 PM PDT by robowombat
El Paso Walmart Shooting: What is Known So FarCC BY 2.0 / Tony Webster / Police Line / Police Tape US
23:57 03.08.2019(updated 00:12 04.08.2019) Get short URL120
A mass shooting took place on Saturday in El Paso’s Cielo Vista shopping mall, described as “El Paso’s main shopping destination.” At least 20 people are said to have been confirmed dead at the site but reports vary. AT 11:03 local time, the El Paso Police Department tweeted that officers were responding to an active shooter situation. The massacre is said to have taken place inside the mall’s Walmart store.
Police confirmed “multiple fatalities,” but the exact number of victims remains unclear.
At least 22 people have been hospitalized and 9 people in critical but stable condition, according to CBS News. One patient is reportedly 4 months old.
The suspected shooter is in police custody and the scene is said to be no longer “active” but police cordoned off the area and have asked citizens to stay away. Earlier reports indicated “multiple shooters,” but police said they do not believe these reports to be true.
The suspect has been reportedly identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius.
The shooter used an AK-style assault rifle and ear protection earphones, as seen on CCTV footage screenshot published online.
The mall and adjacent buildings have been evacuated, and Cielo Vista shops are on lockdown.
Agents from the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are working at the scene. According to OSI News, the white male shooter allegedly posted a manifesto, in which he declared that the shooting was motivated by his fear of increasingly large numbers in the Hispanic population due to illegal immigration.
In the purported document, the shooter supported the Christchurch shooting, and condemned Democrats and Republicans for failing to tackle the immigration problem, but claim that Democrats adhere to a particularly pro-immigration agenda, while Republicans remain “divided.”
The authenticity of the manifesto is unconfirmed.
The shooting has been condemned by US President Donald Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O'Rourke, who was born and raised in El Paso.
What about the antifa rumors?
You can just about bet heavy on it.
Few people in El Paso are citizens, especially at the mall and area of town. Thus, few with legal guns.
Anytime the media is referring to your “manifesto,” you can be sure that things are not going well for you.
I’m with you.
I know, right? It’s like “your mileage may vary“
.... The initial report was that the perps name was Scotty Mendez .... It may have turned out that he was just a “Person of Interest” earlier in the game ....
If he’s anti illegals, why was he at a Wal-Mart shooting citizens? He’s just an ass-hole who needs to be put down.
It’s El Paso, the liberal “end” of Texas. That Walmart traffic includes many Mexican day shoppers and tons of illegal entrants.
That name sounds imperialist Spanish Conquistadorish, like all the illegals coming across speaking the language of the European invading army that conquered their ancestors!!
I bet he is Antifa or some other anarchist.
Jones is a con man. A self-promoter. Recommend please find another ‘oracle’ to follow ...
Look at the Kardashian clan, Al Sharpton, Michael Moore, or whatever....
...be careful....
Yes, Beto responded like a whimpering wimp instead of an outraged leader. Beto has no leadership skills.
DANG IT!!
CARRY your weapon and USE it against aholes like this!
It sure as hell isn’t going to be Alex “Horsesh*t” Jones ...
Upon examination, the name is Germán.
Low IQ is the garden of evil.
“everyone in Texas carries”.i think the mall is no guns...don’t know about parking lot.
I heard one guy say he tried to drive away from the scene but the shooter was in the way. And I thought to myself does this guy have a gas pedal? Probably does but no killer instinct.
“His last name was Crusius. This is confusing as his name is Latino.”
German, actually. http://www.namespedia.com/details/Crusius
WHAT kind of PRESCRIPTION DRUGS was PATRICK on?? I’ll BET he was on one for DEPRESSION!!!
“I thought this crap wasn’t supposed to happen in Texas because “everyone in Texas carries”.”
Kansas has constitutional carry. Texas doesn’t. Walmart says “No guns” on their property.
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