DALLAS — The Latest on the aftermath of an Aug. 3 mass shooting in El Paso that killed 22 people (all times local): 9:30 p.m. The 21-year-old suspect in the Aug. 3 mass shooting in El Paso that killed 22 people has been placed on suicide watch in jail. El Paso County sheriff's spokeswoman Christina Acosta confirmed Monday that Patrick Crusius is on suicide watch in the El Paso County Jail. She said the watch was determined by medical staff, but she declined to elaborate citing privacy requirements. Crusius is held without bond on a capital murder charge. El Paso police say he has confessed to opening fire on back-to-school shoppers at an El Paso Walmart. An online rant investigators have attributed to him speaks of a "Hispanic invasion of Texas" and theories of non-white immigrants replacing whites. ___ 4:15 p.m. Texas' governor is bringing Google, Facebook and Twitter to the table in the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso that left 22 people dead. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott … [Read more...] about The Latest: Suspect in El Paso attack on suicide watch
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Active shooter at Walmart in El Paso; multiple fatalities
By Reuters | PUBLISHED: August 3, 2019 at 10:56 am | UPDATED: August 3, 2019 at 12:06 pm By Julio-Cesar Chavez EL PASO, Tx., Aug 3 (Reuters) – A shooter killed multiple people at a WalMart in El Paso, Texas on Saturday, sending panicked customers fleeing as a shopping mall was put on lockdown in the latest U.S. mass shooting. Mayor Dee Margo told CNN the shooting resulted in multiple fatalities. Few details were immediately available. The El Paso Police Department said the scene around the Cielo Vista Mall remained active. “We have multi reports of multiple shooters … police conducting search of a very large area,” the department wrote on Twitter. Law enforcement officers raced to the scene, including police, state troopers, Homeland Security agents and border patrol. One witness said he saw at least one person inside the store with a fatal head wound, and he saw shoppers in bloodied clothes. Other stores at the mall were also locked down as police officers … [Read more...] about Active shooter at Walmart in El Paso; multiple fatalities
Police responding to active shooter in El Paso, Texas
By Julio-Cesar Chavez EL PASO, Tx. (Reuters) – Police said they were responding to an active shooter near a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday and told the public to avoid the area. “Scene is still active,” the El Paso Police Department wrote on Twitter. Few other details were immediately available. Reports on social media said shots were fired at a WalMart near the Cielo Vista Mall, in the east of the city, and that shoppers were being evacuated from the mall as a precaution. Video posted on Twitter appeared to show customers at one department store being evacuated with their hands in the air. Mass shootings are common in the United States. On Sunday, a gunman killed three people at a food festival in Northern California before fatally shooting himself. (Reporting by Daniel Wallis in New York; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) … [Read more...] about Police responding to active shooter in El Paso, Texas
Pentagon lobbying for more lenient cleanup standard for toxic chemicals in El Paso County aquifer, report says
The Pentagon is reportedly lobbying for a more lenient standard for cleaning up toxic chemicals used for decades in firefighting foam that have been found in drinking water in southern El Paso County and around the country.Even if the Pentagon is successful, the Air Force appears unlikely to get off the hook for cleaning up the contaminated Widefield aquifer serving tens of thousands of residents south of Colorado Springs, state health officials said.The Defense Department’s push to revise safety standards comes as it faces billions of dollars in cleanup costs tied to its decades-long use of a firefighting foam laced with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are tied to cancer, liver disease and low infant birth weight.The lobbying appears aimed at influencing the Environmental Protection Agency’s groundwater cleanup standard — a level at which cleanup would be required of polluters. Security Water District, Venetucci Farm sue US … [Read more...] about Pentagon lobbying for more lenient cleanup standard for toxic chemicals in El Paso County aquifer, report says
Report: Pentagon lobbying for more lenient cleanup standard for toxic chemicals in El Paso County aquifer
The Pentagon is reportedly lobbying for a more lenient standard for cleaning up toxic chemicals used for decades in firefighting foam that have been found in drinking water in southern El Paso County and around the country.Even if the Pentagon is successful, the Air Force appears unlikely to get off the hook for cleaning up the contaminated Widefield aquifer serving tens of thousands of residents south of Colorado Springs, state health officials said.The Defense Department's push to revise safety standards comes as it faces billions of dollars in cleanup costs tied to its decades-long use of a firefighting foam laced with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are tied to cancer, liver disease and low infant birth weight.The lobbying appears aimed at influencing the Environmental Protection Agency's groundwater cleanup standard — a level at which cleanup would be required of polluters. Security Water District, Venetucci Farm sue … [Read more...] about Report: Pentagon lobbying for more lenient cleanup standard for toxic chemicals in El Paso County aquifer