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Quote:El Paso shooting at Walmart leaves multiple people dead.The Guardian:
*Police say one person in custody after shooting at mall
*Local TV reports 18 people hurt but extent of injuries unknown
'Multiple people have been killed in a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, according to local law enforcement
and the city’s mayor. A police department spokesman said there were “multiple victims”, but did not confirm how
many had been killed or injured.
One male was in custody, and “at this time we have ruled out multiple shooters”, Sgt Robert Gomez, an El Paso police
department spokesman, said. Initial reports suggested that the weapon used was a rifle, but that was not confirmed,
Gomez said.
“It’s an absolute tragedy,” El Paso’s mayor, Dee Margo, told KTSM, a local television station.
El Paso police started receiving reports of a shooting at 10 am local time on Saturday, Gomez said. Soon after, the
police department tweeted that officers were responding to an active shooting scene and that people were advised
to stay away from the area around Cielo Vista Mall, located south of El Paso international airport.
Local television station KTSM reported earlier that 18 people were shot or injured inside a Walmart at the mall, but
the full extent of the injuries and deaths is still unknown.
Cellphone footage broadcast by KTSM showed a person lying flat on the ground, with the sound of at least 10 gunshots
in the background, and also interviewed several witnesses. A Walmart employee described hearing gunshots and trying
to get as many people as she could out of the store, and seeing customers and employees tumbling over each other in
their rush to escape. One of her co-workers was shot in the hand, the employee said.
Another woman interviewed described seeing at least two or three bodies lying on the ground.
A man who had been at a store in the mall nearby told KTSM that he had heard gunshots and taken out his own gun as
he ran towards the parking lot. He said police had briefly questioned him, thinking he was the shooter.
A family reunification center had been set up at a nearby middle school center, police said.
White House deputy press secretary Steven Groves issued a statement saying: “The President has been briefed on the
shooting in El Paso, and we continue to monitor the situation. The president has spoken with Attorney General [William]
Barr and [Texas] Governor [Greg] Abbott.”
The Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, who previously represented El Paso in Congress, tweeted
that the news was “truly heartbreaking”, and said he would leave the campaign trail to return to the city.
Reports of the shooting in El Paso comes less than a week after a shooting at a garlic festival in Gilroy, California, left
three people dead and fifteen injured.
Law enforcement authorities said a 19-year-old who had previously lived in town cut his way through a fence to get inside
the festival, then opened fire with a military-style rifle. Two Walmart employees were killed in a shooting at a Walmart in
Mississippi last week...'
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