Episode 824
2019 El Paso shooting
Mon, 2019-Aug-05 02:17 UTC
Length - 1:56
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With 228,937 views on Sunday, 4 August 2019 our article of the day is 2019 El Paso shooting.
A mass shooting took place at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States, on the morning of August 3, 2019. The attack killed 20 people and injured 26 more. A single gunman is suspected of committing the shooting. He was apprehended by police shortly afterward and arrested. The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a possible hate crime. Patrick Wood Crusius, age 21, was arrested shortly after the shooting began and charged with capital murder. Crusius was reported to be a follower of alt-right and pro-Donald Trump content on social media. Police believe that the suspect published a white nationalist, anti-immigrant manifesto online immediately before the attack; the post cites inspiration from the Christchurch mosque shootings and refers to the white genocide conspiracy theory.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:17 UTC on Monday, 5 August 2019.
For the full current version of the article, see 2019 El Paso shooting on Wikipedia.
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