Iran Press/America: Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen were injured in a mass shooting at an El Paso shopping center on Saturday, according to Texas and local authorities, reported Iran Press citing CNN "Lives were taken who should still be with us today," Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference near the Walmart and an adjacent shopping mall. Twenty-six people were injured, according to El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen. "The ages and genders of all these people injured and killed are numerous in the age groups," Allen said.
"The situation, needless to say, is a horrific one." A 21-year-old white man from Allen, a suburb of Dallas more than 650 miles away, is in police custody, Allen said.
Authorities are looking at potentially bringing capital murder charges against him. A source familiar with the investigative process said later Saturday that the FBI has opened a domestic terrorism investigation into the massacre. It will coincide with the state inquiry and Texas authorities will take the lead in the case. The dead included three Mexican nationals.
Six Mexicans were injured, Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard wrote on Twitter. CNN reported the suspect is 21-year-old Patrick Crusius of Allen, according to three sources. Two federal law enforcement sources and one state government source confirmed the suspect's identity.
The federal sources said investigators are reviewing an online writing posted days before the shooting that may speak to a motive. US President Donald Trump tweeted his "heartfelt thoughts and prayers" calling the shooting report in El Paso "very bad. " 203/211
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