El Paso shooting: 20 dead, at least 26 wounded, and a nation is scarred again
EL PASO, Texas - With the rattle of gunfire and the collapse of bodies, America on Saturday veered again into what alarms and numbs it: A gunman with alleged racist sentiments blasted the air of a border city, killing 20 people in a shopping mall and leaving blood and bullet casings scattered in aisles where immigrant families were searching for back-to-school bargains on a scorching Texas morning.
El Paso became this nation's latest site of tragedy, trimmed in yellow police tape, littered with gurneys and blared across media outlets. It was the rampage of a man in khakis brandishing an assault rifle in a Walmart. Media reports identified the suspect as Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old white man from Allen, Texas, whom authorities plan on charging with a hate crime.
El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said the
