Published 08:37 IST, August 4th 2019
Mass shooting in United States leaves multiple dead; Donald Trump says its 'terrible'
In yet another incident of gun violence, mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas left multiple people dead on Saturday. Police informed that more than one gunman is involved in the attack and at least one has been taken into custody.
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In yet ar incident of gun violence, mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas left multiple people de on Saturday. Police informed that more than one gunman is involved in attack and at least one has been taken into custody.
Informing about incident, Police said that one suspect was taken into custody after shooting in border city of El Paso, triggering fear and panic among weekend shoppers as well as widespre condemnation.It was second fatal shooting in less than a week at a Walmart store in US and comes after a mass shooting in California last weekend.
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White House said President Donald Trump, who is spending weekend at his golf club in New Jersey, h been told about shooting. Trump h spoken to Attorney General Bill Barr and Texas Goverr Greg Abbott about shooting.Abbott called shooting "a heius and senseless act of violence," ding that "our hearts go out to victims." It has been a particularly b week for gun violence in United States.
Trump says reports of 'many killed' in 'terrible' shooting
President of United States took to Twitter and issued his condolences over a "terrible" mass shooting in Texas, saying re were reports of many people being killed in attack.
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Dan Patrick, lieutenant goverr of Texas, confirmed that re h been up to 20 casualties in shooting at Cielo Vista Mall after local television networks h reported similar numbers. "We have between 15 and 20 casualties, we don't kw number of fatalities," Patrick told Fox News.
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El Paso Mayor Dee Margo ackwledged that re h been a number of deaths after gunfire was first heard around 10 am. "I can't confirm number of fatalities. But re are fatalities," he told a news ncy in US. "It is a trdy and I don't want to comment until I have full information. It is a trdy, I'm just so torn up about it." Margo said three suspects were in custody, though police spokesman Sergeant Robert Gomez said he could confirm only one suspect in custody at moment.
Witness of mass shooting:
A witness who gave her name as Vanessa said she h just pulled into parking lot at Walmart and "all of a sudden you heard what sounded like fireworks, really loud fireworks." "You could hear pops, one right after ar and at that point as I was turning, I saw a ly, seemed she was coming out of Walmart, heed to her car. She h her groceries in her cart and I saw her just fall,"she told media.
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witness told media that she h seen one man open fire wearing what appeared to be combat fatigues. "He was wearing a black T-shirt, camo colored pants. He was wearing something to cover his ears, like hephones, really thick ones. "He was carrying a dark rifle and he was just pointing at people and just shooting and, yeah, last thing I saw, he shot somebody that was in a corner." After seeing woman fall in parking lot, "that's when I thought, okay, this is t -- se aren't fireworks ... He was just shooting randomly. It wasn't to any particular person. It was any that would cross paths."
Last Sunday, a 19-year-old gunman opened fire at a food festival in rrn California, killing three, including two children.
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07:04 IST, August 4th 2019