El Paso marks Walmart shooting anniversary amid pandemic
Associated PressWhen Stephanie Melendez, her husband and two young daughters tested positive for the coronavirus, the person she most wanted to call was her father. Events to mark the anniversary of the Aug. 3, 2019, shooting in El Paso, a largely Hispanic city of 700,000, have taken on a new look amid the coronavirus pandemic: parks lit with lanterns that people can walk or drive through; private tours for victims’ families at a museum exhibit of items preserved from a makeshift memorial; and residents being asked to show support with online posts. When Guillermo “Memo” Garcia died in April, nine months after he was shot in the Walmart parking lot while fundraising for his daughter’s soccer team, he became the shooting’s 23rd victim. “It shook me to remind me that we’re in the middle of a healing process that we’re now being overwhelmed by COVID,” said El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego, the county’s top executive. “We can’t allow a shooter to define who we are, and we’re not going to allow a virus to define who El Paso is,” Samaniego said.
History of this topic
'Disgusting': Republican lashes out at 'fake news' report on 'political lightning rod'
Raw Story
Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay $5 million to families over 2019 racist attack
LA Times
El Paso Walmart shooter who killed 23 in racist attack gets 90 consecutive life sentences
LA Times
Relatives of El Paso Walmart shooting victims seek justice, saying they're down but not out
The Independent
Texas mall shooting started as fight between groups
Associated Press
1 killed, 3 hurt in shooting at El Paso, Texas shopping mall
Associated Press
Texas man pleads guilty in racist 2019 Walmart attack
Associated Press
A man pleads guilty to federal charges in the El Paso shooting that targeted Latinos
NPR
Texas border cities plan for cold, busy end to Title 42
The Independent
El Paso Walmart shooting case gets new district attorney
Associated Press
Latinx Files: Remembering the El Paso mass shooting
LA Times
Grief And Remembrance, 2 Years After Mass Shootings In El Paso And Dayton
NPR
Ceremonies for El Paso shooting anniversary shaped by virus
Associated Press
One Year After Walmart Massacre, El Paso Mourns — At A Distance
NPR
Orphaned toddler grows up in shadow of massacre, coronavirus
Associated Press
Lawyer: El Paso shooting suspect has ‘mental disabilities’
Associated Press
El Paso shooting suspect faces more federal charges
Associated PressDiscover Related
