One person was shot and killed at a mall in El Paso, and three other people were injured

A shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, killed one person and injured three others on Wednesday. This comes on top of dozens of people who have already died in mass shootings across the United States this year.

El Paso police said two people were taken into custody hours after the shooting, but they did not say what caused the shooting.

Peter Pacillas, the interim police chief, said the Cielo Vista Mall is still being treated as a crime scene and will remain closed until the investigation is complete.

Pacillas made it clear that the threat was over. “Is there no more danger? I’ll say it again: the public is no longer in danger,” Pacillas said.

The shooting took place in a busy shopping area, opposite a large parking lot of a Walmart where 23 Hispanic people were killed in a racist attack in 2019.

El Paso, which has a population of about 700,000 and is mostly Latino, is on the US-Mexico border, where people from both countries often cross.

“Today’s Cielo Vista Mall shooting has reminded many of us of scary times in our past. Know you’re not alone: ​​“El Paso is in the Democratic U.S. Rep.’s district. Veronica Escobar, who said this on Twitter.

She told everyone who needed help to call the crisis helpline in the city. Dozens of people have been killed in mass shootings across the United States so far in 2023.

On Monday, three students were killed and five more injured at Michigan State University. In January, 11 people died in the town of Monterey Park, near Los Angeles.

They celebrated the Lunar New Year in a dance hall frequented by older Asian Americans. Pacillas said all the people shot on Wednesday and the two people arrested are men.

In a statement, the University Medical Center in El Paso said two people shot there were in critical condition.

No one immediately knew how the third person had been injured. Police had previously said the shooting took place in the mall’s food court.

At a nearby high school, authorities have set up a reunification center where people affected by the shooting can meet their loved ones.

In a tweet late Wednesday nightRepublican Governor Greg Abbott said he had spoken to the mayor of El Paso and offered assistance from the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

The Gun Violence Archive says at least four people were killed or injured in more than 600 mass shootings across the United States in 2022.

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