safe place. what does that do to you? one of the things we re talking about, the tragedy of nine people being killed in dayton last night and 20 being killed in el paso. we don t think that those who are not victims of the gunshot, but those who saw it and how it makes them think about gun violence and safety in society. people that experienced it and got away. that has to be scary for you. yeah. it makes you fearful. we knew what happened in texas earlier that day. but it didn t make me prepare myself for a possible shooting. you never know when somebody might come and do something like that. everybody, you know your loved ones? everybody accounted for? yes. all my loved ones, friends of my neighborhood and friends of people that i know, a couple people i know, dispass away.
about a half-hour before this took place. it was anti-government in nature. that was the reasoning behind this shooting. on lockdown, while police gather evidence. tragically, some of the bodies are still inside this walmart. you have a lot of family members in this area, that don t know the status of their loved ones. forced to see that texas grieves today, as they cope with another mass shooting. morgan, as of yesterday, police thought the screen that was posted on the internet, you talked about, was linked to the shooter. now, they believe more strongly than they did last night, that is the case.
was wearing body armor. the ohio shooting following another shooting in texas, at a walmart supercenter in el paso. police are working through the night. the governor of texas says the el paso shooting will be prosecuted as a hate crime. first, to el paso, texas, where morgan is standing by. bring us up to speed. good morning. an active scene here in el paso, where this took place. the shooting was in this walmart, about 50 yards behind me. that s where police say the man began making his way inside that building, shooting people row-by-row. we heard from cashier who said, it sounded like someone was dropping large boxes inside the building, only to realize her
he suggested he should do. an interesting development to watch throughout the day. hans, thanks. hans is outside of bedminster, where the president is staying. after the first reports yesterday, before we knew much was going on, the president sent out a standard tweet condemning the action. later he sent out specific language, saying no ideology is worth killing people for. through the day, it s about 20 minutes before, 29 minutes before, police first got there. something was posted online. police are calling it a manifesto by the shooter, without a specific location. but suggesting in past tense, this sort of shooting has happened or attack has happened.
and i m sorry you suffered with people that you know in the attack last night. anthony reynolds was a witness to the shooting. more of msnbc s breaking news coverage out of el paso and dayton after this. after this. this was me before liberty mutucustomized