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Let's  pray god this may be last one. Condolences to the relatives.
El Paso shooting: 20 killed as gunman opens fire in Walmart
20 people have died and 26 are injured after a shooting inside a Walmart.
Sarah Blake and APNews Corp Australia Network
A Texas mother likely died trying to protect her baby boy from gunfire as Patrick Crusius unleashed one of America’s worst gun massacres on back-to-school shoppers.

El Paso resident Leta Jamrowski learned today that her 25-year-old sister, Jordan Anchondo, was shot to death at Walmart while shopping for back-to-school supplies.

The 19-year-old Jamrowski said Anchondo, a mother of three, was possibly trying to shield her 2-month-old son and fell on him as she was shot.


She said the boy suffered broken bones and is being treated at an El Paso hospital. Jamrowski said the child “pretty much lived because she gave her life.”

Jamrowski paced inside a waiting room at the hospital awaiting word of both her nephew’s condition and whether her brother-in-law, Andre Anchondo, survived the attack at a busy El Paso shopping area.

Wearing earmuffs for sound protection, Crusius, who lived a nine hour drive or more than 1000km away in Dallas, spent 20 minutes shooting on a sunny Saturday before calmly handing himself over to police “without incident”.

He was then captured on the store’s CCTV cameras, which showed him in cargo pants and black T-shirt as he raised his gun and fired at the Cielo Vista Mall, injuring at least 26 and killing 20.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) hugs a woman following a vigil for victims at St Pius X Church after a mass shooting which left at least 20 people dead. Picture: Getty
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) hugs a woman following a vigil for victims at St Pius X Church after a mass shooting which left at least 20 people dead. Picture: GettySource:AFP

Edie Hallberg cries while speaking to police outside a Walmart store where a shooting occurred earlier in the day as she looks for her missing mother Angie Englisbee. Picture: AP
Edie Hallberg cries while speaking to police outside a Walmart store where a shooting occurred earlier in the day as she looks for her missing mother Angie Englisbee.

The victims ranged in age from 82 years to just a four months old. Also injured were a two-year-old child and a nine-year-old. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said three Mexican nationals were among those killed. At least nine of the injured were in critical condition.

The assault began about 11am local time, the store packed with about 1000 shoppers.


“On a day that would have been a normal day for someone to leisurely go shopping turned into one of the most deadly days in the history of Texas,” said Governor Greg Abbott.

BLINK182 CAUGHT UP IN SHOOTING

Rock band Blink-182 was put on lock down at an El Paso hotel during the shooting.

Blink frontman Mark Hoppus kept his 2.8 million Twitter followers apprised of the situation, writing, “over the intercom system they just announced that there are reports of another active shooter directly across the street at a location different from the first shootings.” Police later assessed there was no second incident, but Hoppus, the band and crew saw the panic firsthand.



 Following today’s terrible tragedy in El Paso we are postponing our Sunday, August 4th show at the UTEP Don Haskins Arena in solidarity with the community. Please stay tuned for further updates coming soon. Sending our love to the entire community.
As Hoppus described: “We were leaving breakfast when our security texted that there was an active shooter at the mall we were headed to. Saw dozens of police cars on the freeway and surface streets. Helicopters. We got back to the hotel and turned on the news to see what was happening.” Blink’s show at UTEP Dan Haskins Arena, scheduled for Sunday, has been postponed “in solidarity with the community,” the band stated on its social media channels.

MANIFESTO DISCOVERED

Police are probing whether a racist screed posted online before the shooting was written by the suspect.

El Paso Mayor Dee Margo has confirmed police are investigating the suspected ‘manifesto’. In it, the writer expresses concern that an influx of Hispanics into the United States will replace ageing white voters, potentially turning Texas blue in upcoming elections and swinging the White House to the Democrats. The writer is also critical of Republicans for what he described as close ties to corporations and degradation of the environment.

Though the writer denied he was a white supremacist, the document says “race mixing” is destroying the nation and recommends dividing the United States into territorial enclaves determined by race.

Surveillance footage shows the man suspected of shooting and killing 20 people in El Paso, Texas.
Surveillance footage shows the man suspected of shooting and killing 20 people in El Paso, Texas.Source:Supplied

After the shooting victims were filmed being wheeled out of the supermarket on shopping trolleys.

Witnesses who descried the horror said Cruscius “started shooting everyone, aisle by aisle, with rage”.


 New eyewitness video shows 21-year-old #PatrickCrusius being arrested by El Paso police shortly after Walmart shooting spree


Panic was unleashed in the crowded store, with a Walmart worker named Leslie describing the scene to local TV station KTSM.

“I thought it was just like loud boxes being dropped or something, until they got closer and closer,” she said.

“That’s when I looked at my co-worker, and we looked at each other, like shocked and scared.

“I got all the people that I could, I even found a little girl that was missing from her parents, and I got her, too. I tried to get as many people as I could out.”


 A law enforcement official in El Paso told me the Walmart shooter is in custody.


A woman named Vanessa told Fox News she was walking into Walmart when she heard what she describes as “fireworks, really loud fireworks.”

“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 said.

“She had her groceries in her cart and I saw her just fall.”

Police said Crusius faces capital murder charges, which carry a life sentence or the death penalty.


The alleged gunman is taken away after his arrest.

US President Donald Trump responded to the incident on Twitter.

“Terrible shootings in El Paso, Texas. Reports are very bad, many killed … God be with you all!”

Law enforcement agencies respond to an active shooter at a Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas. Picture: AFP
Law enforcement agencies respond to an active shooter at a Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

Meanwhile Prime Minister Scott Morrison expressed his deep sadness over the “terrible and evil” shooting.

“So terribly saddened by the senseless violence in El Paso that has taken so many innocent lives,” Mr Morrison tweeted on Sunday.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and communities impacted as well as the first responders. A terrible and evil attack.”

It was the 249th gun massacre this year in the US and the most deadly since the 2017 Las Vegas massacre that killed 59. It was one of many recent attacks on public spaces in the US and came amid heightening tensions ahead of next year’s election.

Armed Policemen gather next to an FBI armoured vehicle next to the Cielo Vista Mall. Picture: Joel Angel JUAREZ / AFP)
Armed Policemen gather next to an FBI armoured vehicle next to the Cielo Vista Mall. Picture: Joel Angel JUAREZ / AFP)Source:AFP

Last Monday, two people were killed by a dissatisfied worker at another Walmart in Mississippi. Less than a week ago, three were killed and 15 injured at a garlic-themed food festival in California.

And 12 were killed at a government building in Virginia Beach in May, while a month earlier there was a synagogue attack by an anti-Semite in California that killed one person.

 So terribly saddened by the senseless violence in El Paso that has taken so many innocent lives.


Example to mothers love.

 Terrible shootings in ElPaso, Texas. Reports are very bad, many killed. Working with State and Local authorities, and Law Enforcement. Spoke to Governor to pledge total support of Federal Government. God be with you all!

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People stand outside the Cielo Vista Mall after the shooting in El Paso, Texas. Picture: AFP
People stand outside the Cielo Vista Mall after the shooting in El Paso, Texas. Picture: AFPSource:AFP

People flee the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas after the shooting. Picture: Supplied
People flee the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas after the shooting. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied



 We're in shock over the tragic events at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, where store 2201 & club 6502 are located. We’re praying for the victims, the community & our associates, as well as the first responders. We’re working closely with law enforcement & will update as appropriat
Former deputy prime minister Tim Fischer said Americans must stand up to the gun lobby after the latest atrocity.


“Still nobody directly calls out the real problem and the National Rifle Association policies and priorities and its controversial CEO Wayne LaPierre,” Mr Fischer told AAP.

“Until the state and federal congresses stand up to the NRA no real progress will be made.

“In the meantime Australia’s DFAT should upgrade the smart traveller site to reflect the dangerous situation in the USA re guns.” Mr Fischer has called on journalists to bail up US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who is in Sydney on Sunday and ask directly why tourists should risk their lives in travelling to the USA.

He said Mr Pompeo should also be asked why the US doesn’t at the very least adopt background checks for gun purchases and limitations on assault weapons. Mr Fischer was instrumental in helping the Howard government introduce sweeping gun reforms and an amnesty in Australia after the Port Arthur massacre in 1996 when 35 people were killed by a single gunman with a semiautomatic weapon.

People gather in Juarez, Mexico, in a vigil for the 3 Mexican nationals who were killed in an El Paso shopping-complex shooting.


Active Shooting Stay away from Cielo Vista Mall Area.

 My grandmother used to take me to Cielo Vista Mall. Now it’s one more mass shooting scene. How many more must grieve before we act.

A hero of the Walmart shooting has told how he tried to pick up and carry as many terrified children as he could and run to safety.

Military man Glen Oakley saw terrified people cowering in a Foot Locker store and children running without their parents, scared and alone as the shots rang out.

He told MSNBC that he pulled his own gun out as he heard the first gunshots but quickly his attention turned to the children and as he ran he picked up as many as he could and carried them to safety.

Glen Oakley, a hero of the El Paso shooting, helped save children caught up in the terror.
Glen Oakley, a hero of the El Paso shooting, helped save children caught up in the terror.Source:Supplied

Mr Oakley told MSNBC: “I see a whole bunch of kids running around without their parents, I got my bag in my hand I’m trying to pick up as many as I can and run out

“They’re so anxious, they’re dropping out of my hand.

“I made my way out and when I got out, I guess one of the cops thought I was the shooter so I had to show them I have a licence to carry.

“I called a friend, and I’m here now, but it was just a whole bunch of kids. I’m shaking. A whole bunch of kids. They were without their parents and stuff. I tried to pick up as many as I could and bring them out with me.”