Laws a special edition of early today starts right now. Good morning im Frances Rivera and im phillip mena in el paso, texas. The nation is in mourning today after the deadliest and darkest 13 hours in the country, with back so back Mass Shootings here in el paso, texas, and in dayton, ohio here in el paso, chaos and gunfire erupted at a walmart near the cielo vista mall. The gunman opening fire on dozens of families on a busy saturday morning, killing 20 people and injuring 26 others. Special coverage on early today with phillip in his hometown of el paso. No doubt covering another mass t especially so, phillip, when it happens where you grew up, where your family is, and when are you call home. Reporter itl, frances on saturday i was getting ready to go to work and anchor an hour of msnbc and i got that email alert, and it started to it didnt really hit until i started to flooded with Text Messages from my mom and then from friends. And then i started getting alerts and then my mom told me that my aunt and my cousin were inside that cielo vista mall we were talking about and they ran out before they locked the doors thankfully, they are okay, and we learned later that the shooting was confined to the walmart parking area, but it is such a jolt. Mile brother is a firefighter, a First Responder who is among those first on the scene here. It is something that has hit home in a way ive never experienced before this entire community has been jolted, shocked that something el pasos can happen in a plac it was most of the family is here they were going back to School Shopping they had to dive for cover just to escape the gunshots but some, they were not so lucky. One couple died trying to shield their baby jordans family spoke with our own lester holt about that its someone like, were here at the unification center. Were praying to god that the baby suffered two fractures and some bruises, but miraculously survived. The family also leaves behind two toddlers ages 2 and 5. Witnesses say the rampage started out in the parking lot with the alleged gunman shooting his way into the store nbcs Miguel Almaguer has the details. Reporter as the onslaught s 10 39 a. M. They were p shot, covered in blood reporter the active shooter spraying round after round into a crowd of families shopping for school supplies. The gunman seen here with his ak47style rifle wearing eye protection once he saw people start running from them, pop, pop, pop, pop it just increased rapid fire to get as much people as et could to kill. Reporter with frantic shoppers running for cover and others paralyzed by fear, stores at the nearby mall go into lockdown you have to run down. The shooter is that way reporter 10 45 a. M. , six minutes after the killing spree began, Police Arrive soon after, the suspect Patrick Crusius surrenders investigators say they found a racist manifesto and the 21yearold was targeting certain viims. The suspect has been cooperative, in what way hes volunteering information pretty much on his own reporter he said he expected to die, but he surrendered yes reporter 20 dead and dozens injured, the wounded were everywhere shopping carts becoming stretchers blood everywhere, and i said, i need to find my daughter reporter many desperate to find loved ones. I got tired of waiting and waiting and waiting and i want to know where my mom is. Reporter keyana long survived the gunfire he barely got to see Life Reporter with victims ranging in age from 2 to 82 years old, some of the injured remain in Critical Condition level one, level one. Reporter off duty Army Specialist glenn oakley saved children separated from their parents. It hurts me, like i lost like they were part of me. Reporter a community in shock and in grief this time after a shooting at a walmart packed with families miguel, thank you unlike so many other Mass Shootings, the alleged gunman in this killing spree has surrendered. Patrick crusius is being held on a capital murder charge in allen, texas federal authorities are now investigating the incident as an act of domestic terrorism. Joining me here in el paso is morgan chesky. So, morgan, what else have we learned about the alleged shooter . We know right now he is in custody. He has been interrogated by authorities at this point in time and when we heard from them earlier today, they were very clear to say he is cooperating with authorities at this point in time, but they wouldnt elaborate as to exactly what he was saying as it relates to this attack that took place yesterday. When he made that drive from dallas where we believe he is from, here to el paso, took that ak47 into that walmart and opened fire, unleashing so many rounds and killing 20 people we know right now hes 21 years old. We dont believe hes had y criminal past at this point in time, and he is facing charges, as you mention the, on state capital murder charges but also federal charges including hate crime and federal firearms charges. That charge in particular could bring a potential Death Penalty if he is convicted right now we know that he isnt really expressing much, if anything, to authorities here, but we do know that over the coming days this is just the beginning of a very long investigation. And we have fbi presence in dallas theyre going through his home we are also told they went through two other areas there on search warrants in hopes of gathering whatever evidence they could. This scene behind us right now i can tell you is going to be scoured by authorities Going Forward. We learned from El Paso Police today theyre going to keep the vehicles here locked down in this area for at least the next couple days because they still have so much more to gather here in this scene as they try to build this case Going Forward in hopes of having the best evidence to prosecute this individual who brought so much pain to this community he did. This is a developing situation as far as than chesky joining ml paso morgan, thank you so much. Of course, el pasois morning. Less than 13 hours after the violence here, there was another horrifying scene in dayton, e a gunman killed nine people and wounded 27 others ing, some of the video you are about to see is disturbing this is a really popular parts of dayton, lots of bars and restaurants here on a saturday night it was filled with people it was almost last call when the shooting happened. It happened outside a popular bar in the oregon district of downtown dayton. One man, multiple shots Reporter Video released when the shooting started just after 1 00 a. M. , the shooter walking up an alley then firing dozens of rounds into a crowded street. Nearbya people waiting to get into ned peppers bar. As people ran for cover, it took police less than a minute to take down 24yearold connor betts who they say wore eat s nn approximately 30 seconds of the suspect firing his first shot. Reporter but he had alread. Among the dead, the gunmans 22yearold sister megan, the youngest of the victims. Police saying the shooter and his sister drove to the district together but separated at some point later in the evening it is unclear if megan betts was targeted on purpose. Due to the short, very short time line of violence, its hard to imagine that there was much discrimination in the shooting reporter terrified patrons sought cover in a bathroom and behind the bar, trying to find a safe place one heart breaking photo shows the dozens of shoes left behind in the chaos when youre in the midst of it you dont know how youre going to react, where the bullets are coming from, if youre going to get the bullet next reporter daytons mayor praising the Police Officer response if the Police Officers hadnt done that, he would have gone into ned peppers and hundreds of people would have died. Reporter the mayor proud, too, how the cpi responded the grit and resilience, always sticking today, never giving up, always coming together is why im so honored to be the mayor of this city reporter the city has been through a lot in the past year i often come here to report on the opioid epidemic. Its take not a lot of lives here in may they had a string of tornadoes pass through now this tragedy we are already seeing this community really pull together, though phillip . Kate, thank you you know, its hooard to imagine the fear those people s the shooting took place. Everything unfolded so quickly and with such deadly results nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is also in dayton and he spoke with some of the survivors. Reporter it was chaos, eyewitnesses say, sheer carnage in daytons historic oregon district i literally looked down and everybody was on the ground, and it was so loud i mean, i just freaked out and started running. Reporter Taylor Marbury was inside this crowded bar. She and a dozen terrified bystanders took cover in the bathroom not sure if people desperately banging to get in could be the gunman. It sounded like the shots were coming closer they wanted to get in the bathroom i thought it was over. Reporter you didnt think you were going to survive . No, i didnt think we were going to get out of the bathroom reporter authorities identified the nine people who were killed including the shooters 22yearold sister megan betts. I looked down the sidewalk and just see a row of there were a lot of bodies people shot. Some alive, some not reporter kayla miller was also inside the bar celebrating a friends birthday. Did you know they were gunshots right away . It was like, i mean, it ever was just crawling towards the back exit, just fighting each other to get out of the bar. Reporter but in her struggle to survive, the heroic instinct kicked in. A trained nurse, she performed cpr on other victims im grateful to be able to be alive and to talk to my family and friends and tell them that im okay, but for these families, its just not fair reporter most of the wounded here in dayton have now been treated and released from several hospitals. At least one remains in serious condition. Phillip . Gabe, thank you and, frances, those nine people that were shot and killed in dayton and the 20 that were killed here in el paso, o wrapad around the fact that weve had more Mass Shootings this year in the United States than there have been days its awful to think last weekend there was one in california and this weekend these two. Phillip, well check in with you a little bit later thank you. Lets take a turn now and get a check of our day ahead and the weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Good morning, bill good morning to you, frances. We have a dangerous day today in areas of the Northern Plains weaver going to see wind damage possibility of even large hail mostly talking nebraska, wisconsin, southern minnesota. And also portions of iowa. Well get your typical scattered afternoon storms in the southeast. Highest concentration are in the coastal areas. By the time we get to wednesday that storm sweeps to the east coast, travel delays at the airport. 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Reporter minutes before the carnage in el paso, the suspect posted a pdf of his plans on 8 chan but that wasnt enough time for the fbi to react clearly there was not enough time for Law Enforcement to be able to use that information to intercept this mass killer its not fobl. Reporter nbc Law Enforcement expert Jim Kavanaugh says federal surveillance of Internet Forums is restricted federal agents cannot go and monitor those boards just because theres hate speech. Reporter in that online posting detailing his plans before the el paso massacre, the suspected shooter expressed his support for the shooter in new zealand at a massacre earlier this year. That shooter targeting muslims and killing over 50 people in christchurch, posted his own diatribe on the Anonymous Forum with a link to a live stream of the slayings on facebook a month later a copy cat posted his speech on a similar site before shooting up a san diego synagogue. The director of the fbi saying the agency had made some 100 arrests in domestic terrorism since october. A majority of the domestic terrorism cases that we have investigated are motivated by some version of what you might call white supremacist violence. Reporter domestic terrorism is different from what the fbi calls home grown violent extremism in the u. S. Inspired by global jihadists. They all think the race war is coming and theyre a part of it reporter nbc reporter ben collins said the racially motivated terror taking root on the internet is not far off from classic terror cells it basements throughout the world sort of coming together to hate things reporter thanks to jo ling kent for that report. And we thank you so much for being with us along with. Hate has no place in our country. 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