News is just breaking, there are no details other than it might be at a Walmart near the mall.
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Mass Shooting Reported At Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas [Update: 22 Dead, Suspect Arrested]
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News is just breaking, there are no details other than it might be at a Walmart near the mall.
Reports right now that at least 18 people have been shot. But it's still early. Might be better, probably worse.
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El Paso Police say the mall shooting scene is still active and ask the public to continue to avoid the area.
2:14 PM - Aug 3, 2019
El Paso Police say the mall shooting scene is still active and ask the public to continue to avoid the area.
2:14 PM - Aug 3, 2019
I've said it before and I'll say it again, take all our shit except hunting rifles/shotguns, enforce low clip rules and be done with it.
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You know, you're right. I mean, everyone knows what it means, but it might get the attention of someone in the area.
yeah, i get the frustration, but in a situation like this it's best the title be as informative and up to date as possible, especially for those in the area
My hometown. Saw a Facebook video on someone inside. One person dead on the ground near the entrance. It's not confirmed by any authority but I know what I saw.
Update
EL PASO POLICE DEPT@EPPOLICE
Scene is still Active. We have multi reports of multiple shooters. Please avoid area police conducting search of a very large area. Media staging will be given when area is secure.
2:11 PM - Aug 3, 2019 · El Paso, TX
EL PASO POLICE DEPT@EPPOLICE
Scene is still Active Avoid the area from Airway to Hawkins North of I-10. Active Shooter.
1:29 PM - Aug 3, 2019
Scene is still Active. We have multi reports of multiple shooters. Please avoid area police conducting search of a very large area. Media staging will be given when area is secure.
2:11 PM - Aug 3, 2019 · El Paso, TX
EL PASO POLICE DEPT@EPPOLICE
Scene is still Active Avoid the area from Airway to Hawkins North of I-10. Active Shooter.
1:29 PM - Aug 3, 2019
Yeah, wtf. Call it what it is: a mass shooting. Don't trivialize it just because it happens every week in this country.
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I know there is always a news report of possible "additional shooters", but I am trying to remember if those reports are usually limited to media speculation. I don't remember the police reporting the possibility like that before.
18 shot and its still an active scene? did the shooter move elsewhere? or is he barricaded inside the walmart?
Please update the title to say El Paso Texas. The state is huge and this is an emergency situation.
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Hopefully it's just a single shooter. There's almost always reports of multiple shooters, do to multiple people reporting a shooter.
Do you ever wonder what it would take for America to re-evaluate it's gun laws? Like, if a group armed to the teeth with guns roll up to Disneyland and kill hundreds of parents and kids, is that enough?
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5 and 6 year olds were slaughtered. Nothing will ever change.
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There might be a national discussion on the issue just as soon as 30+ elementary school kids are slaughtered. Two dozen didn't do it.
Hopefully their aren't too many deaths. I'd say I hope something changes, but if we didn't do anything when kindergarten kids were mowed down, or when 100+ people were shot in Vegas (which, weirdly enough, seems to have been completely swept under the rug), we sure as hell aren't attempting to fix this thing that seemingly only happens here any time soon.
This is Texas. I wouldn't be surprised at all if "multiple shooters" turns out to be the shooter and potentially people who tried to take the matter into their own hands.
This is Texas. I wouldn't be surprised at all if "multiple shooters" turns out to be the shooter and potentially people who tried to take the matter into their own hands.
isn't texas an open carry/concealed weapon state? perhaps somebody inside the store was armed and fought back.
Isn't Texas an open carry state? Perhaps a shooter opens fire and people carrying fire back?
I asked this back during Sandy Hook. A dozen kids or a hundred, what does it matter in this country.
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I just saw an live interview with someone at the mall who said he pulled out his own gun when he heard what was going on. I mean, it is Texas.
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When an NRA rally is disrupted by by an active shooter, when its finally them that are in the the crosshairs, they would give a shit. If I ever lost my family in a mass shooting due to these corrupt motherfuckers, its what I'd do, and every one of them would deserve to die.
even 50+ kids won't do a thing. it will all be the same ''thoughts and prayers this is no time to politicize this'' from the repubs then its on to the next one. Unless the shooter is brown then they will politicize the hell out of it, but not because of the guns but for trumps ''send them back'' rhetoric.
I've not been to the US one but the Paris one literally has armed guards with rifles (military) at the entrance. You'd need to get a weapon by them and their metal detector gates. I'd assume the American park has the same at least.