At Least 20 Killed And Dozens Were Injured During A Ma s s Shooting Inside A Walmart In El Paso, Texas.
- Around 20 killed and dozens were injured during a ma s s shooting inside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
- The police received a call at 10:39 a.m. informing them about an active shooter at Cielo Vista Mall.
- The first responders arrived around six minutes later.
- Around 3000 people were inside the mall busy with back-to-school shopping season.
- The 21 years old Patrick Crusius from Dallas suburb is the suspect.
At an evening press conference, Police Chief Greg Allen announced that twenty people were killed and twenty-six were injured during a ma s s shooting on Saturday morning in El Paso, Texas.
The police received a call at 10:39 a.m. informing them about an active shooter at Cielo Vista Mall. The first responders arrived around six minutes later.
As per outlets, around 3000 people were inside the mall busy with back-to-school shopping season.
The 21 years old Patrick Crusius from Dallas suburb is the suspect. The police revealed that Patrick drove about ten hours to the site of the shooting and surrendered.
The authorities reported that they were investigating a declaration Patrick may have posted hours before shooting. He described an attack in response to “the Hispanic Invasion of Texas.”
The manifesto referred to an anti-immigrant online screed titled “The Inconvenient Truth” which declared the support for the gunman who killed around 51 people in Christchurch, New Zealand.
The four-page lengthy manifesto was posted on an online forum, 8chan where the New Zealand gunman also announced his attack. The proclamation read:
Hispanics will take control of the local and state government of my beloved Texas, changing policy to suit their needs better.
As per the manifesto, the politicians of both parties are blamed for the rotting from the inside out of the United States.
The news of the shooting came six days after a gunman killed around three people at the garlic festival in Gilroy, Calif. The gunman later killed himself.
