His 20s is in custody. Federal Law Enforcement sources tell and end his name is Patrick Crusius and is twenty oneyearold from alan , texas. Investigators are reviewing online post to point to a motive. Reporter Kenneth Craig has the latest. Reporter heavily armed police swarmed a Shopping Center and el paso, texas saturday afternoon. I can confirm it is a white male in his 20s. Reporter sources tell cbs news Patrick Crusius is in custody. These are surveillance photos show the alleged shooter at the walmart supercenter. It is backtoschool and the walmart was at capacity when the shootings occurred. Reporter is walmart employee said it took a moment to realize what was going on. I heard them closer and louder and i realized this is areas. So i see people running right away and thats when i reacted. Reporter this man witnessed the chaos as it unfolded. Some of the other employees were coming in and they would tell me that they heard some gunshots and people just darted bolting straight i
All tack units make it to inside walmart, please. Reporter the first call coming in at 10 00 this morning at the mall in el paso. Thousands of shoppers inside the walmart when the shooting began. He starts pop, pop, pop, pop. Hes going. Hes trigger finger. Hes going, going, going. Reporter the alleged shooter identified as 21yearold Patrick Crusius of allen, texas, killing at least 18 people. Dozens take ton local hospitals, including two chirng one as young as 2 years old. The suspect carrying a rifle targeted his victims one by one, seemly at random. This person trying to get out as First Responders rush in. Panicked shoppers recording their escapes, posting on social media. Run, mija, run. People were just trying to get out of there, trying to push people out of the way or trying to get them to go with them. Reporter the single suspect now in police custody. His motive still unclear. All i can say is it happened without incident, so i can assume the person reporter authorities are i
This is abc7 news. Hallelujah, hallelujah tonight, vigils in dayton and el paso to mourn the 29 People Killed in Mass Shootings this weekend. I mean, it could have been my friends, it could have been me and my family. The two shootings, separated by 1600 miles and just 13 hours. The victims, from both sides of the u. S. mexico border. [ speaking Foreign Language ] amid the grief, anger and calls for tougher gun laws. All this as President Trump promises to address the shootings in just hours. Hate has no place in our country. Residents of gilroy, remembering their own mass shooting just one week ago are also offering prayers. We have to pray for each other. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Heres what we know about where the shootings stand now. In el paso on saturday, 20 people were killed, another 26 hurt. Six of the dead are mexican nationals according to government officials there. A suspect was taken into custody. No word on when hell appear in court. The Justice Department say
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 t
Please top the rhetoric early today starts right now. Good to be with you this morning. Im frances rivera. Im philip mena in el paso, texas. The country is reeling after two Mass Shootings one in texas and one in ohio. Two cities, 1,600 miles apart both grieving. In el paso a 21yearold gunman opened fire near a cruded walmart. Dozens of people sent scrambling 20 killed and 26 injured we have cover aage, no doubt covering another mass shooting is tough, but especially when it happened where you grew up and where you call home. Its deeply personal, frances. My brother is a firefighter and was among those who were the First Responders on the scene. I worked at the mall that so many people were running from, including my aunts and cousins who were inside. Thankfully they were safe. But 20 people and 20 families that are grieving this morning and they are not coming home from the day of shopping they were allegedly targeted because they were hispanic and look just like me. This community is