A mass shooting occurred in El Paso, Texas, on August 3, 2019, at approximately 12:09 PM, mountain time, at the 7101 Gateway Blvd West Walmart Supercenter, ultimately claiming 23 lives and injuring 22 others.
This guide seeks to provide general information on the El Paso August 3rd shooting, including links to related sources and breaking news.
- El Paso Shooting Memorial
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the suspect is charged with "90-count indictment charges [...] with 22 counts of hate crimes resulting in death, 23 hate crimes involving an attempt to kill, and 45 counts of discharging a firearm in relation to the hate crimes."
References
Department of Justice. (Thursday, February 6, 2020). Texas Man Charged with Federal Hate Crimes and Firearm Offenses Related to August 3, 2019, Mass-Shooting in El Paso. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-charged-federal-hate-crimes-and-firearm-offenses-related-august-3-2019-mass
File:El Paso shooting memorial.jpeg. (2020, May 4). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved 22:28, July 22, 2020 from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:El_Paso_shooting_memorial.jpeg&oldid=417166566.
