{"id":314435,"date":"2019-08-04T05:06:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T05:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314435"},"modified":"2019-08-04T05:06:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T05:06:38","slug":"20-killed-several-injured-after-shooting-at-walmart-store-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/20-killed-several-injured-after-shooting-at-walmart-store-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"20 killed, several injured after shooting at Walmart store in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301486 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/crime-scene.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"711\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene.jpg 711w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-696x476.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/crime-scene-614x420.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/>A gunman armed with a rifle killed 20 people and injured more than two dozen on Saturday when he opened fire on shoppers at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The suspect, who was captured on surveillance video entering the Walmart has been identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Announcing the death toll at a press conference, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said it was one of the deadliest days in Texas history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Many news reports said the ages of victims being treated at hospitals ranged from two to 82 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the police, Walmart was \u2018at capacity\u2019 at the time of the shooting, with 1000-3000 customers inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Donald Trump took to his twitter account and said, \u201cToday\u2019s shooting in El Paso, Texas was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice. I know that I stand with everyone in this Country to condemn today\u2019s hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people&#8230;.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">EL Paso Police Dept in a tweet said, \u201cScene 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The rampage came just six days after a teenage gunman killed three people at a food festival in Northern California.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gunman armed with a rifle killed 20 people and injured more than two dozen on Saturday when he opened fire on shoppers at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The suspect, who was captured on surveillance video entering the Walmart has been identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, sources said. 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