Deadly shooting in El Paso, Texas

Our live coverage of the shooting has moved here. You can read more about the investigation here.

President Donald Trump has proposed tying legislation strengthening background checks on firearm sales to immigration reform.

In a tweet on Monday, Trump said: “We cannot let those killed in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, die in vain.”

“Republicans and Democrats must come together and get strong background checks, perhaps marrying this legislation with desperately needed immigration reform,” Trump continued. “We must have something good, if not GREAT, come out of these two tragic events!”

It wasn’t immediately clear which specific pieces of legislation Trump was advocating in his messages.

Trump is due to speak from the White House at 10 a.m. ET.

Here is what we know about the El Paso shooting.

Jordan and Andre Anchondo died in the shooting in El Paso.

Socorro Independent School District in El Paso County asked its students and staff to wear white on Monday in solidarity with the victims of the shooting.

The Socorro Independent School District oversees more than 47,000 students in 49 schools.

El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz has warned that an attitude that sets different groups of people against one another “will only lead to more and more conflict.”

Speaking to CNN on Sunday, Seitz, of the Catholic Diocese of El Paso, said:

Seitz has long been an outspoken critic of what he called the “militarization of the border.”

In a 2017 pastoral letter, Seitz denounced the “indefensible, hateful words towards our neighbors in Mexico, the demonization of migrants, and destructive language about our border.”

On Sunday, he said:

Federal authorities are treating the El Paso mass shooting as a case of domestic terrorism, the US Attorney for the Western District of Texas said.

Law enforcement agencies respond to the shooting in El Paso.

The Justice Department is also “seriously considering” bringing federal hate crime and federal firearm charges, which carry a possible death penalty, US Attorney John Bash said in a news conference.

The case appears to meet the statutory definition of domestic terrorism, Bash said.

Read the full story here.

Leo Campos and Maribel Hernandez are among the 20 killed in the shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, family told CNN affiliate KFOX/KDBC.

Maribel Hernandez’s brother Al Hernandez said the two dropped their dog off at the groomers before going shopping at the Walmart on Saturday.

The brother said they knew something was wrong when the groomer called and said Campos and Hernandez had not picked up their dog. One of their family members was able to track the GPS of their vehicle to the Walmart parking lot.

Hernandez said police notified them on Sunday that both had died, KFOX/KDBC reported.

Seven Mexican nationals were killed in the El Paso shooting on Saturday, according to Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard.

Ebrard said on his Twitter page Sunday evening the seventh Mexican national is Ivan Filiberto Manzano from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

Previously, six Mexicans were confirmed to have died in the shooting.

The victims are as follows:

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Sunday that seven other Mexicans are injured.

Here’s what we know so far about those who were injured:

The Texas and American flags at the MacArthur School in El Paso, Texas, fluttered at half-staff, signaling a state and a nation in mourning. 

A “Looking for Family or Friend” sign hangs above the front doors of the elementary-intermediate school. Inside, family and friends await news of loved ones they haven’t seen since a gunman went on a rampage at a Walmart on Saturday, killing 20 people and wounding at least 26. 

This is the place authorities designated as a reunification center in the hours after the shooting, a place for friends and family members to find one another after the chaos saw people run for their lives – and, in so many cases, become separated. 

On Sunday, it was the place where many found out a loved one was killed or wounded.

Most people who walk in and out of the school don’t want to talk. When asked if they would like to share their story, they wipe away tears and say no. 

Outside the building, near the marquee reminding parents to register children for school, a group of people sobbed and hugged one another. 

A woman who did not want to disclose her name said she was visiting with a friend who was told her loved one had died and was waiting to learn where she needed to go to identify the body. 

Still others came to the school to get information because they didn’t know where else to go.

Read more on this here.

Cloudflare, a San Francisco-based company that was providing internet infrastructure services to 8chan that was helping keep the site online, announced that it would stop providing support for the website.

“The mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio are horrific tragedies,” Matthew Prince, Cloudflare CEO wrote in a blog post Sunday evening.

“In the case of the El Paso shooting, the suspected terrorist gunman appears to have been inspired by the forum website known as 8chan. Based on evidence we’ve seen, it appears that he posted a screed to the site immediately before beginning his terrifying attack on the El Paso Walmart killing 20 people.”

Law enforcement officials in El Paso are investigating a document posted on 8chan that they believe was written by Patrick Crusius, the shooting suspect.

8chan is among the more than 19 million Internet properties that use Cloudflare’s service, according to Prince, who wrote 8chan was sent notice that they will be terminated as a customer effective midnight PST (3 a.m. ET).

“The rationale is simple: They have proven themselves to be lawless and that lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths. Even if 8chan may not have violated the letter of the law in refusing to moderate their hate-filled community, they have created an environment that revels in violating its spirit.” 

The announcement was an about-face after Cloudflare told CNN earlier Sunday that it had no plans to stop providing its services to 8chan.

It is possible 8chan may still be able to stay online using a Cloudflare competitor. 

Angie Englisbee, 86, was one of the 20 who died in the shooting at the El Paso Walmart, her family have said.

Her son, Will Englisbee, told CNN’s Ed Lavandera that they were informed of her passing by authorities. 

On Saturday, Englisbee told CNN that his brother had spoken with their mother at 10:30 a.m. local time and she was in the check-out line at the Walmart.

Police are in the process of notifying the families of victims, Sgt. Robert Gomez, a spokesperson for El Paso Police said at a press conference a few hours ago. He said that they will not name any victims until all families are notified and would not give any ages or other identifying information about the victims.

All bodies have been removed from the Walmart and taken to the medical examiner’s office, Gomez said.

There were no security officers present at the Walmart in El Paso at the time of Saturday’s shooting, Randy Hargrove, Senior Director of Media Relations for Walmart, told CNN.

Walmart deploys staffing appropriate for each of its store locations, Hargrove said. Some locations call for off-duty officers, while others require asset protection associates and others still call for parking lot patrols, he said.

The Walmart location in El Paso, Hargrove said, had a “Lot Cop” tower, a video and audio surveillance system installed in the parking lot intended to act as a deterrent to violent crimes or activity taking place on Walmart premises. Walmart is working with authorities in reviewing its surveillance video and audio content from Saturday’s shooting.

“One hundred percent of the associates at this store had completed their active shooter training,” Hargrove said.

The six Mexican nationals killed in the El Paso, Texas, shooting have been named by Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard via Twitter.

He identified the victims as:

Earlier, Ebrard announced the Mexican government would be taking legal action against the US for the killings.

The suspect in the El Paso shooting is “cooperating” with investigators, El Paso Police Department Sgt. Robert Gomez tells CNN.

Police Chief Greg Allen told NBC that the suspect has been “volunteering information on his own” and has shown “no remorse” and “no regrets.”

The alleged gunman turned himself in to law enforcement after the shooting on Saturday, according to a law enforcement official. He exited his vehicle in the parking lot and walked over to law enforcement vehicles where he was arrested without incident.

The NRA has issued a statement expressing sympathy for the families of the shooting victims in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday and Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday.

“The NRA is committed to the safe and lawful use of firearms by those exercising their Second Amendment freedoms,” the NRA said.

“We will not participate in the politicizing of these tragedies, but, as always, we will work in good faith to pursue real solutions that protect us all from people who commit these horrific acts.”

Read the NRA statement on Twitter below:

Gabriel Gonzalez and a couple of friends raised some money on Saturday night and went to another Walmart Sunday morning to buy as much water as they could.

The 21-year-old and his friends have been driving around the city giving water to law enforcement, residents, reporters and anyone who needs it, because “it’s freaking hot here.”

“We are not detectives. We can’t investigate the crime scene, but we can do this,” Gonzalez said.

CNN’s Rosa Flores met Erika Contreras at the family reunification center at MacArthur Elementary School in El Paso. This is her story:

Contreras was at Walmart yesterday shopping for groceries and school supplies with her 7-year-old daughter and her 70-year-old mother when she said she heard what sounded like clapping.

When a large crowd of people started running towards them, the three generations of the Contreras family found themselves running for their lives. Beyond the rush of people, Contreras said she saw a man holding a gun and wearing protective gear for his ears.

“You could see people on the floor that had gotten hit,” Contreras said. 

Contreras said she grabbed her daughter and mother and ran out of the back of the store. Her young daughter couldn’t stop crying when they got home.

“She couldn’t breathe. She was hyperventilating. She was crying and crying,” Contreras said.

After a restless night, Contreras said she and her family went to church this morning. Talking about her faith brought her to tears.

After church, she went back to another Walmart in town. Contreras said she was sweating, shaking, anxious and constantly looking behind her back, but she built up the courage to finish shopping for her daughter’s school supplies. 

“We have to continue,” she cried.

Contreras said she was at the reunification center on Sunday to ask about retrieving her car from the Walmart parking lot. But she says authorities told her her car was part of a crime scene, and it was unclear when she would get it back. 

For now, Contreras said she can’t stop thinking about how her daughter is supposed to start second grade at MacArthur Elementary in a few days, after having survived a massacre.

“I’m praying to God that she can overcome it,” she said.

All bodies have been removed from the Walmart and taken to the medical examiner’s office, according to Sgt. Robert Gomez, a spokesperson for El Paso Police.

Police are in the process of notifying the families of victims, Gomez said at a press conference. He added that they will not name any victims until all families are notified and would not give any ages or other identifying information about the victims.

Twenty people died in the Saturday shooting that took place at the El Paso Walmart.

The only crime scenes in this shooting were Walmart and the parking lot outside Walmart, according to Gomez. No incidents occurred in the mall.

Vehicles will remain in the Walmart parking lot until the investigation is completed, Gomez said.

The suspect has been charged with capital murder and is being held on no bond, Gomez said.

The FBI has called in additional resources, according to Special Agent Jeanette Harper, and members of the Domestic Terrorism-Hate Crime Fusion Cell are investigating.

Harper said the FBI executed three search warrants in the Dallas area this morning in relation to the investigation, and forensics processing and review of the evidence collected have begun.

The FBI does not believe anyone else was involved in the El Paso shooting, according to Harper.

The City of El Paso has issued a disaster declaration to aid in recovery efforts, according to a tweet from Mayor Dee Margo.

Margo says the declaration will activate appropriate recovery efforts from the state to help with the weekend’s tragedy.

“Our community has been resilient,” Margo said in a tweet, “We will not be defined by this senseless act of violence.”

“We will stay united as we work through the long healing process. We are incredibly proud of all our local, state, and federal first responders,” Margo tweeted.

The emotion is palpable outside the MacArthur Elementary School in El Paso, which has been designated as the reunification center for families who can’t find their loved ones since the massacre. 

Couples, families and friends can be seen sobbing and embracing by the marquee sign that announces that the first day of school is August 12th.

Most people who walk in and out of the one-story building don’t want to talk to reporters. When we ask them if they would like to tell their stories they usually wipe away tears and nod no. Many wear sunglasses to undoubtedly hide their swollen eyes. 

The Texas and American flags, which are at half staff in front of the school, rattled on the flag pole while two women hugged and cried. They did not share their names but said they were still waiting to hear about their loved one’s fate. Then they walked towards the school building, pulled up the yellow caution tape that authorities put up around the entrance and walked beyond the glass doors. A sign above the door frame reads: “looking for family or friend.”

The police officers on site tell reporters to stay across the street. Media is not allowed any closer. 

Another woman who did not want to disclose her name said she was visiting with friends inside who were just told a loved one had died and were waiting to learn where they needed to go to identify the body.