•A single shooter opened fire in El Paso, Texas, at the Cielo Vista Mall. •Reports of 19 people killed, 40 others injured during a 20 minute shooting rampage. •Suspect identified as Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old white male from Dallas. •CCTV surveillance footage showed gunman walking in front entrance of Walmart armed with an AK-47 rifle. ...
From Blue Wildflower in the comments:
El Paso is not like the rest of Texas. It is 85% plus Hispanic. Mostly the people I know here do not carry. We are white not Hispanics, we do carry. One thing that is very different than most of Texas is, the different races are very mixed here. Majority is Hispanic and then you have minorities of white, black and Asian. Neighborhoods, churches, social events, marriages are all racially mixed. No one gives a second thought to your race. The city is democrat, old style democrat not liberals like Beto and Escobar. The mayor is Republican. This city will be forever changed over this!
When I got a call from my son asking where we were, we were in a church meeting with 5 Hispanics, 3 whites and 1 Asian. Tomorrow is when we will all meet in our churches and pray for our city. Tomorrow we will probably finally see the list of people that were killed because they went to a Walmart store to shop.
At 2:46 PM today MyLife had this profile for the deranged killer Patrick Crusius.
His original profile at 2:46 said he was a registered Democrat.
At 2:50 PM leftists changed his political affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
Go to the post at the link for full details and screenshots.
Glenn at Instapundit: comment thread discusses whether or not the site was a "gun-free zone" (apparently it wasn't), and whether legal carriers may have attempted to respond to the attack.
Commenter John Shepherd:
False, the Walmart was not a gun free zone. The report of multiple shooters was actually people who were carrying that were detained and later cleared. The problem is that few people who are armed with pistol are willing to go up against a guy with a rifle particular since most people are armed with small pistols that are only useful for close in personal defense. While a large compact or a full sized pistol reduce the odds against you in the close range environment of a store a rifle is very intimidating and most people are going to run and will only engage as a last resort.
Commenter Milton:
WalMarts in Texas allows open carry and concealed carry, and there has been some friction at Texas WalMarts with management asking to see open carry licences from customers. This WalMart allowed open and concealed carry - but was adjacent to a mall that didn't.
WalMart sells guns. Shotguns, rifles, all kinds of things. Crossbows. And bullets. Apparently no one thought to arm themselves in the chaos - probably because they were too busy running or hiding or being shot.
As a side note, WalMart should have more security than it does. A significantly high percentage of crime occurs at WalMarts around the country, including violent crime. WalMart relies on local police, instead of their own security measures, to address these acts, usually after the fact.
The Blaze: Glen Oakley saved lives. '"It was a whole bunch of kids in there," he told NBC affiliate KTSM. "I hope nothing happened to the kids. I tried to pick up as many as I could and bring them out with me."'
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