The nation was struck by grief this weekend after two mass shootings occurred in less than 24-hours.
Saturday morning at around 10:30 a.m., shots rang out in an El Paso, Texas Walmart leaving 20 people dead and 26 people injured.
Reportedly, 21-year-old Patrick Crusius walked into a retail center and began to shoot at customers, many of whom were back to school shopping. According to NBC News, the shooter reportedly posted a white nationalist manifesto online less than a half an hour before taking the lives of 20 people. CNN reports that authorities are treating the El Paso shooting as a domestic terrorist attack.
El Paso Police Sargent Robert Gomez shared in a news conference Sunday evening that the suspected shooter has been arrested and is being charged with capital murder. The 21-year-old is being held without bond.
According to CNN, Crusius appeared to have turned himself in. Arrested in the Walmart parking lot, CNN reports that as law enforcement units arrived at his parked car, he got out of the vehicle unarmed and walked over to law enforcement officers. He was arrested without incident.
1,600 miles away and several hours later, another round of shots rang out, this time, in Dayton, Ohio. Outside of the Ned Peppers Bar in Dayton, Ohio, 24-year-old Connor Betts is believed to have opened fire using a .223-caliber rifle killing 9 people and injuring…
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