At least 19 killed, 40 injured in El Paso shooting
Updated on: August 3, 2019 / 5:35 PM / CBS/AP
What we know:
> At least 19 people killed in shooting near shopping mall in El Paso
> White male suspect identified as Patrick Crusius taken into custody without incident
> At least 22 people hospitalized, including one who died; 9 in critical but stable condition; one patient is 4 months old
At least 19 people were killed, 40 were injured and one person was in custody after a shooter went on a rampage Saturday at a shopping complex, police in the Texas border town of El Paso said. Police responded in the early afternoon to an active shooter scene at the Cielo Vista Mall, and were advising people to stay away from the area. The ATF and FBI responded to the scene.
Sergeant Robert Gomez, a police spokesman, said a white male suspect was taken into custody "without incident" and there was no longer danger to the public. The suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, CBS News has confirmed.
Gomez said he thinks most of the victims were shot at a Walmart in the shopping complex. He said the store was "at capacity" as many customers were there to buy back-to-school supplies.
Earlier, El Paso police tweeted they had received reports of "multiple shooters" but they later said they did not believe there was more than one gunman. Police also said reports of a shooting at another location were "false."
University of Medical Center of El Paso told CBS News it had also received 11 shooting victims, including one who died. They said a 4-month-old child was among the patients it was treating. Hospital spokesman Ryan Mielke said all of the victims suffered traumatic injuries in Saturday's attack. He declined to provide additional details about the victims, including the one who died. Mielke said two children, ages 2 and 9, were stabilized at the medical center before being transferred to the neighboring El Paso Children's Hospital.
Law enforcement agencies respond to an active shooter at a Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019
Joel Angel Juarez / AFP/Getty Images
Del Sol Medical Center told CBS News it was treating 11 patients from the shooting. It said nine were in critical but stable condition, and two were stable. The patients ranged in age from 35 to 82.
Witness Ray Holguin told CBS News that he was about to go into the Walmart when he heard more than 10 gunshots. He said he saw at least one person, an elderly lady, fall to the ground, but he's not sure if she was shot.
Poster Comment:
Live video at source.
One thing we need to see is that the police have been militarized.
The Texas Attorney General does not think guns laws work. If bad guys want guns they have ways to get them.
#1: TommyTheMadArtist To: BTP Holdings (#0)
Want to know what creates little assholea like this guy? Groups that stood those stupid urges and find ways to support them.
The internet has turned young white males into a sea of boiling assholes waiting to erupt in a shitstorm. We can thank white hate and of course feminism for destroying the minds of young white people.
This shit is going to keep escalating and the worst part? Is that it seems to be happening with a certain predictability. Meaning when I see one of these events, who benefits and more importantly, what are we being distracted from.
TommyTheMadArtist posted on 2019-08-03 23:28:49 Reply Private Reply
#2: Lod To: BTP Holdings (#0)
No cop there "feared for their life?"
Lod posted on 2019-08-03 23:31:03 Reply Private Reply
#3: BTP Holdings To: Lod (#2)
I know you are right.
But when I lived in Chicago, this guy I knew was going to get nose to nose with a big Puerto Rican.
A littler guy stepped out form behind the big one and shot him in a Solar Plexus. He took one step and fell over dead. We got even with the Ricans for that one. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2019-08-03 23:50:55 Reply Private Reply
#4: Ricky To: BTP Holdings (#0)
Diversity.......Wait For IT!
Ricky posted on 2019-08-04 00:48:59 Reply Private Reply
#5: BTP Holdings To: Ricky (#4)
When I worked for State of Illinois, I worked with a Jew boy that was a guard at Cook County Jail a number of years earlier.
When the news hit that MLK, Jr. had been shot. They cancelled the leaves for all the guards.
One black Deputy since he had a good job he was able to get a mortgage on a 4- flat. He lived on the 2nd floor.
When he opened the door to go to work, there was a black guy standing on the landing below. He was ready to light a Molotov Cocktail.
The black Deputy says, "Whatchoo think you doing?"
The other black guy said, "I'll show whitey. I'm gonna burn down this building."
The black Deputy pulled his pistol and killed him right where he stood.
My friend asked him, "How are you going to explain that?"
The black Deputy said, "When they come along and pick him up, it's just another dead nigger."
The good blacks call the bad blacks niggers too. ROTFLMAO!
BTP Holdings posted on 2019-08-04 00:59:03 Reply Private Reply
#6: Lod To: BTP Holdings (#5)
Lod posted on 2019-08-04 01:25:13 Reply Private Reply
#7: BTP Holdings To: Lod (#6)
ROTFLOL
BTP Holdings posted on 2019-08-04 01:27:37 Reply Private Reply
#8: titorite To: BTP Holdings (#0)
And where were the Cops? I've serviced this exact Walmart when I was younger through PIA marketing. Displays resets that sort of thing. They have armmed cops at the front door. Both sides. Thank the high shoplifting rates. You're not walking inside with an AK unchallenged. Horseshit.
And of course he is again an 8chan neck beard wyte suhpemicist.... oh lordy lordy won't beto ban all muh guns and save us.
And again, 20 down, no blood, no bullet holes, no logic.... I mean this is our home, just because the cops take a holiday don't mean we stop concealed carry. Nobody else was armed that day to put a psycho down.... buuuuulllllshit
titorite posted on 2019-08-04 16:37:33 Reply Private Reply
#9: Lod To: titorite (#8)
Lod posted on 2019-08-04 16:48:26 Reply Private Reply
#10: titorite To: Lod (#9)
titorite posted on 2019-08-04 16:51:22 Reply Private Reply