El Paso

• Texas calls in National Guard to help morgues overwhelmed by coronavirus deaths

  The pandemic is blamed for 853 deaths in El Paso County, including more than 300 since October.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2020
• El Paso marks first anniversary of mass shooting amid coronavirus pandemic

  Events to mark the anniversary of the Aug. 3, 2019, shooting in El Paso have taken on a different look amid the coronavirus pandemic.

  Aug 2, 2020
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• El Paso Walmart shooting victim dies months later, raising death toll to 23

  The man, Guillermo "Memo" Garcia, was shot during an Aug. 3 attack targeting Hispanics.

  Crime

  Apr 26, 2020
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• Man accused of killing 22 at El Paso Walmart facing federal hate crimes charges

  Patrick Crusius, 21, has been charged with 90 counts under federal hate crime and firearms laws for his role in the Aug. 3 shooting that authorities said was aimed at scaring Hispanics into leaving the United States, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday.

  World

  Feb 6, 2020
• Mass killings in the U.S. rose to a new high in 2019 — most of them were shootings

  In all, there were 41 mass killings, defined as when four or more people are killed excluding the perpetrator. Of those, 33 were mass shootings. More than 210 people were killed.

  World

  Dec 28, 2019
• Crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is not over, says top Border Patrol official

  "We will go back, mark the words, we will go back to the crisis level that we had before."

  World

  Oct 29, 2019
• Suspect in El Paso mass shooting pleads not guilty in deaths of 22 people

  Local prosecutors have said they will seek the death penalty.

  Crime

  Oct 10, 2019
• Trump administration targets mental health institutions as answer to gun violence

  When back-to-back mass shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, jolted the nation earlier this month, Trump again spoke of "building new facilities'' for the mentally ill

  Politics

  Aug 30, 2019
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• Tips to FBI about mass shootings increase 70% following El Paso, Dayton massacres

  The FBI fielded more than 38,000 phone and online tips during the week after the shootings on the first weekend of August, up from the 22,000 tips it typically receives on a weekly basis.

  World

  Aug 26, 2019
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• El Paso funeral: 700 wait in the Texas heat to support man who invited everyone, reports say

  The El Paso shooting claimed the life of Margie Reckard, wife of Antonio Basco, who had no other family.

  World

  Aug 16, 2019