'The Deadliest Day in Texas History': Walmart Shooting Details and Victims

Texas Governor Greg Abbott said shelling a major shopping mall in El Paso on Saturday killing at least 20 people, more than two dozen were injured. On suspicion of committing a crime, 21-year-old American Patrick Krusius was detained, he faces the death penalty. This is what is known about the tragedy and its victims.

Where did the shooting

Mass shooting took place at Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall, said Sergeant Robert Gomez, El Paso Police spokesman, writes CNN. Police began receiving reports of an active shooter just after 10:30 a.m. as people called from stores in the shopping complex.

In a Snapchat video broadcast by CNN, a woman with a camera runs through the mall's department store and out into the parking lot. As people run past racks of clothes and boxes of goods, voiceover shouts, “Hands up!” Another video taken near Walmart showed people lying on the ground. You can hear: “Help!” and “We need intensive care!”

Gomez estimates that Walmart had up to 3000 buyers and 100 employees.

Who were the victims

Police had previously not released the names of the victims until relatives were notified. Four Americans and seven Mexicans were named today. In total, 20 people died as a result of the shooting. Authorities called the day "one of the deadliest days in Texas history."

24-year-old Jordan Anconondo died with her body covering her 2-month-old son, her aunt Liz Terry said. According to the woman, the mother of three children bought school supplies with her husband and baby. The husband, 23-year-old Andre Anconondo, was also killed in a shootout. The child survived.

Photo: family property / family handout

“The baby still had her blood on her,” Terri said. “You look at it, you see it, and you never think that this could happen to your family.” How is it possible that parents go shopping for school and die protecting their child from bullets?

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Photo: family property / family handout

In an emotional interview on Saturday, Edie Hallberg said she was looking for information about her mother, Angie Inglisby. On Sunday, the family told CNN that the 86-year-old Inglisby was killed.

60-year-old Arturo Benavides was an army veteran and bus driver, told his CNN his niece Jacklin Luna.

“He was an incredibly caring and strong-willed person,” she said. “He was a man who would give his last penny, take off his last shirt, give his last food and his home for the sake of others.”

Among the dead were seven Mexicans, said Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard: Filberto Manzano, Sarah Esther Regalado, Adolfo Serros Hernandez, Jorge Calvillo Garcia, Elsa Mendoza de la Mora, Gloria Irma Marquez and Maria Eugenia Legarreta Rote.

At least 26 people were injured, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said. Twenty-four were taken to two area hospitals. 13 people were taken to University Medical Center El Paso, where one died. Eleven people were taken to Del Sol Medical Center, Dr. Stephen Flaherty said. According to him, 11 of them are in stable condition, and 8 are in critical condition. These patients are aged from 3 to 35 years.

What is known about the shooter

The suspect was identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius from Allen, Texas. The police chief said the shooter himself surrendered to the officers who approached him at the supermarket.

Crusius' grandparents published a statement that was read to reporters by a family representative who did not give his name.

“We are devastated by the events in El Paso and are praying for the victims of this tragedy. Patrick Crusius is our grandson. He lived with us in our home in Allen, Texas while he was in college. He moved in 6 weeks ago and spent a few nights here while we were out of town. His driver's license and mailing address were at our home in Allen, which put us in the media spotlight,” the spokesman said, reading from the statement. “We are speaking only to law enforcement agencies and will not make further statements to the media.” We ask that you respect our confidentiality."

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Patrick Crusius. Photo: Law Enforcement Source

El Paso District Attorney Jaime Esparza said the authorities will seek the death penalty.

U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas John Bash said the Justice Department is "seriously considering" introducing a federal firearms hate crime category that could also carry the death penalty.

The Justice Department is "treating this as a domestic terrorism case," Bash said. He said the case met the legal definition of domestic terrorism and was “at the very least intended to intimidate civilians.”

FBI Director Chris Ray ordered bureau offices across the country to conduct a new threat assessment to prevent future mass attacks after firing in Ohio, Texas, and California, law enforcement sources told CNN.

Nationalist publications

Law enforcement officials are investigating a four-page document posted on 8chan that they believe was written by Crusius. 8chan is an online message board rife with racist and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

The document was attached to a message on 8chan, which said: "I will probably die today." It was published less than 20 minutes before the police received their first shooting calls. The file is filled with nationalist and racist hatred of immigrants and Hispanics and accuses them of taking American work and mixing cultures in the United States. The report further states that it took the author less than a month to plan the shooting and describes the weapons used.

Facebook says it works with law enforcement. Facebook and Instagram profiles under the name of the suspect were deleted by the company. Also, social networks said they would prohibit users from sharing the document. However, CNN was able to easily find several versions of the entries on the platforms.

The Twitter account associated with the suspected shooter shows that he retweets messages from President Trump, posts messages about the border wall and loves memes that humiliate Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi.

On February 13, 2017, Crusius's Twitter account liked a post from an anonymous account that included Trump holding a gun. Just a couple of days ago, he posted a tweet saying, “#BuildTheWall is the best way @POTUS has defended our country so far!”

The Facebook account associated with Crusius did not contain posts and she only had three friends.

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