2019 El Paso Walmart shooting

Around midnight before the shooting, Crusius left his grandparents' house in Allen, Texas. Throughout the entire night, he drove {{convert|650|mi}} to El Paso, Texas. He stopped his car for gas and energy drinks twice throughout the journey. The next morning, Crusius eventually made it to El Paso at around 8{{spaces}}a.m. For roughly an hour, he drove around El Paso with no clear target in mind. He also stopped at a pizzeria but left because it was closed. He arrived at the Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall on the east side of El Paso at around 9{{spaces}}a.m. Crusius entered the store and walked around for half an hour to carry out a reconnaissance of the building. He went back to his car and waited for a few minutes before entering the store again to purchase an orange. He ate the orange in the store before heading back to his car.{{Cite web |title='Every day is a struggle': El Paso, one year later |url=https://interactives.dallasnews.com/2020/the-el-paso-mass-shooting-one-year-later/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=interactives.dallasnews.com |language=en}}

At 10:15{{spaces}}a.m., while sitting in his car, Crusius opened his laptop, went on the imageboard 8chan, and started a thread titled, "ITS TIME". Accompanied with text, he accidentally uploaded a PDF file of a discipline letter sent by his college for attending a class while drunk. Five minutes later, he posted a reply in the thread and uploaded the PDF file of his manifesto.

At 10:37{{spaces}}a.m., Crusius walked to the back of his car, pulled out a WASR-10 rifle,{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2019/08/03/el-paso-massacre-suspect-wrote-anti-immigrant-manifesto-before-attack-authorities-say |title=El Paso massacre suspect wrote an anti-immigrant 'manifesto' before the attack, authorities say |last=Branham |first=Dana |date=August 3, 2019 |website=Dallas News |access-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813173255/http://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2019/08/03/el-paso-massacre-suspect-wrote-anti-immigrant-manifesto-before-attack-authorities-say |url-status=live }} a semi-automatic civilian version of the AKM, from the trunk and opened fire.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/03/el-paso-shooting-what-we-know-so-far |title=El Paso shooting: what we know |date=August 3, 2019 |work=The Guardian |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804032827/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/03/el-paso-shooting-what-we-know-so-far |url-status=live }}

Crusius first killed a woman pushing a shopping cart before shooting several people near and at a fundraising event for the El Paso Fusion girls soccer team outside the store. During this initial shooting, Crusius killed three people (including a man who died eight months later) and injured six in the parking lot.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-24 |title=Mexicans victimized in El Paso mass killing struggle to heal, obtain visas |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/11/24/el-paso-walmart-shooting-mexican-victims/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2019-08-06 |title=As his daughter lay in a pool of blood in an El Paso Walmart, a pastor held fast to his faith |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-06/el-paso-shooting-pastor-daughter-faith |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Sacchetti |first=Maria |date=2019-08-11 |title='What do you girls want to do?' After witnessing El Paso massacre, devastated soccer players weigh returning to the field. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/what-do-you-girls-want-to-do-after-witnessing-el-paso-massacre-devastated-soccer-team-weighs-returning-to-the-field/2019/08/10/22b8737e-bbaa-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html |access-date=2024-06-18 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}

The store manager witnessed Crusius firing in the parking lot prior to entering the crowded store. He issued a "Code Brown", designating an active shooter, to his employees, who began helping customers evacuate or hide.{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Nate |date=August 9, 2019 |title=El Paso Walmart manager relives mass shooting terror at his store |url=https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/walmart-store-manager-relives-saturday-s-shooting/1107366007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811123110/https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/walmart-store-manager-relives-saturday-s-shooting/1107366007 |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019 |website=KVIA}}{{cite web |date=August 3, 2019 |title=Witness to El Paso mass shooting describes moments during attack |url=http://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/witness-to-el-paso-mass-shooting-says-children-warned-him-of-attack |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726030111/https://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/witness-to-el-paso-mass-shooting-says-children-warned-him-of-attack |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |publisher=KVII}} Approximately 3,000 people were in the mall's complex at the time of the shooting. Many customers and employees fled to adjacent stores or hid under tables{{Cite web |title=Alleged shooter cased El Paso Walmart before rampage that killed 22: Officials |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/death-toll-rises-22-el-paso-shooting-victims/story?id=64780680 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808231614/https://abcnews.go.com/US/death-toll-rises-22-el-paso-shooting-victims/story?id=64780680 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019 |work=ABC News}} or in shipping containers located behind the building.{{Cite web |last=Stump |first=Scott |date=August 7, 2019 |title=Hero Walmart employee snuck dozens out of store during El Paso shooting |url=https://www.today.com/news/walmart-employee-helped-save-dozens-people-during-el-paso-shooting-t160233 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808135131/https://www.today.com/news/walmart-employee-helped-save-dozens-people-during-el-paso-shooting-t160233 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019 |website=TODAY.com}}

At 10:39{{spaces}}a.m., Crusius entered the Walmart through the west entrance. As he walked in, he fatally shot an elderly man who tried running from him before walking to his right. He shot several victims in the checkout area and several others that were in his path as he walked along the front of the store eastwards. He then turned towards a First Convenience Bank inside the store and shot several people in the bank lobby before moving on to shoot more people in the checkout lines and the front of the store.{{Cite web |last=Matters |first=By Cindy Ramirez, El Paso |date=2022-08-03 |title="I think of them always," survivor of El Paso Walmart shooting says of those who were killed three years ago |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/03/el-paso-walmart-shooting-survivor/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=The Texas Tribune |language=en}} Crusius eventually reached the eastern doors of the store and walked out of the building at 10:42{{spaces}}a.m. In total, he shot and killed 19 people and injured 15 others inside the Walmart building.

As Crusius left the building, he opened fire on a car in the parking lot, killing a man and injuring his wife. Without shooting anyone else, Crusius returned to his car.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-05 |title=Grandparents shot as they pulled in to East El Paso Walmart, family says |url=https://www.wfla.com/news/grandparents-shot-as-they-pulled-in-to-east-el-paso-walmart-family-says/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=WFLA |language=en-US}}

First responders began to arrive within six minutes of the initial 9-1-1 call.{{cite magazine |last1=Law |first1=Tara |last2=Bates |first2=Josiah |title=El Paso Shooting Suspect Told Police He Was Targeting 'Mexicans.' Here's What to Know About the Case |url=https://time.com/5643110/el-paso-texas-mall-shooting/ |magazine=Time |date=August 9, 2019}} The El Paso Police Department, Texas Rangers, and paramedics responded to the scene along with the FBI and the ATF.{{r|Romero}}{{cite web |last1=Kimball |first1=Spencer |title=20 dead in mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso — suspect in custody |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/03/police-in-el-paso-are-responding-to-active-shooter.html |website=CNBC |date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=26 March 2021 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110020555/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/03/police-in-el-paso-are-responding-to-active-shooter.html |url-status=live }}

After the shooting, Crusius drove to the intersection of Sunmount and Viscount. Arriving there, he stopped at the left turn lane, came out of the car with his hands up and identified himself as the shooter to Texas Rangers{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/el-paso-mass-shooting-arrest-warrant/1ffd2f8f-a950-402e-93b3-5c2dd922b514/ |title=Warrant of Arrest |date=August 4, 2019 |publisher=State of Texas |via=The Washington Post |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810021837/https://www.washingtonpost.com/context/el-paso-mass-shooting-arrest-warrant/1ffd2f8f-a950-402e-93b3-5c2dd922b514/ |archive-date=August 10, 2019 |url-status=live}} and an El Paso motorcycle officer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/us/el-paso-suspect-patrick-crusius/index.html |title=The El Paso shooting suspect showed no remorse or regret, police say |first1=Brian |last1=Todd |first2=Christina |last2=Maxouris |first3=Amir |last3=Vera |date=August 5, 2019 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806031512/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/us/el-paso-suspect-patrick-crusius/index.html |url-status=live }} He was then arrested and transported to police headquarters.

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Victims:

• Andre Anchondo, 23
• Jordan Anchondo, 24
• Arturo Benavides, 60
• Leonardo Campos, 41
• Angie Englisbee, 86
• Maria Flores, 77
• Raul Flores, 83
• Guillermo "Memo" Garcia, 36{{efn|group=kp|Garcia initially survived the shooting, but died on
  April 26, 2020, as a result of his injuries.{{Cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Daniel Borunda and Briana |title=El Paso Walmart shooting victim 'Tank tough' Guillermo 'Memo' Garcia mourned a hero |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/community/2020/05/16/el-paso-walmart-shooting-victim-guillermo-memo-garcia-mourned/5188180002/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=El Paso Times |language=en-US |archive-date=March 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322163427/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/community/2020/05/16/el-paso-walmart-shooting-victim-guillermo-memo-garcia-mourned/5188180002/ |url-status=live }}}}
• Jorge Calvillo García, 61
• Adolfo Cerros Hernández, 68
• Alexander Gerhard Hoffman, 66
• David Johnson, 63
• Luis Alfonzo Juarez, 90
• Maria Eugenia Legarreta Rothe, 58
• Maribel (Campos) Loya, 56
• Ivan Filiberto Manzano, 46
• Elsa Mendoza Marquez, 57
• Gloria Irma Márquez, 61
• Margie Reckard, 63
• Sara Esther Regalado Moriel, 66
• Javier Rodriguez, 15
• Teresa Sanchez, 82
• Juan Velazquez, 77

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The shooting has been described as the deadliest anti-Latino attack in recent U.S. history,{{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Heather |title=El Paso Shooting Suspect Indicted on Capital Murder Charge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/el-paso-suspect-capital-murder.html |work=The New York Times |date=September 12, 2019 |url-access=limited |quote=The deadliest attack to target Latinos in modern American history, the shooting in El Paso, a city that is 80 percent Hispanic, has deeply disturbed Latinos across the United States. |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121223457/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/el-paso-suspect-capital-murder.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Levin |first=Sam |title=Police thwarted at least seven mass shootings and white supremacist attacks since El Paso |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/20/el-paso-shooting-plot-white-supremacist-attacks |work=The Guardian |date=August 23, 2019 |quote=The 21-year-old suspect in [the El Paso] shooting, considered the deadliest anti-Latino attack in modern US history, allegedly authored a racist anti-immigrant 'manifesto'. |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122095938/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/20/el-paso-shooting-plot-white-supremacist-attacks |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Hall |first1=Alexandra |last2=Contreras |first2=Vianey Alderete |title='An Attack on All of Us': El Paso Shooting Targeting Latinos Stirs Fear in California Communities |url=https://www.kqed.org/news/11766631/an-attack-on-all-of-us-el-paso-shooting-targeting-latinos-stirs-fear-in-california-communities |work=KQED News |location=San Francisco |date=August 14, 2019 |quote=...the Aug. 3 shooting in El Paso, the deadliest anti-Latino attack in modern American history |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029112503/https://www.kqed.org/news/11766631/an-attack-on-all-of-us-el-paso-shooting-targeting-latinos-stirs-fear-in-california-communities |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Romero |first1=Simon |last2=Fernandez |first2=Manny |last3=Corkery |first3=Michael |title=Walmart Store Connected Cultures, Until a Killer 'Came Here for Us' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/us/el-paso-shooting-mexico-border.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 4, 2019 |url-access=limited |quote=[T]he massacre in El Paso was the deadliest anti-Latino attack in modern American history |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212093020/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/us/el-paso-shooting-mexico-border.html |url-status=live }} resulting in 23 deaths and 22 injuries. Twenty of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene, one victim died the day after the event, another victim died two days after,{{cite news |title=Two More Victims Of The El Paso Terror Attack Have Died |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maryanngeorgantopoulos/el-paso-shooting-white-supremacist-terror-attack-victims |date=August 5, 2019 |first=Mary Ann |last=Georgantopoulos |work=BuzzFeed News |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127230527/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/maryanngeorgantopoulos/el-paso-shooting-white-supremacist-terror-attack-victims |url-status=live }} and a third died eight months later on April 26, 2020. Among the dead were thirteen Americans, eight Mexicans and one German.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/us/el-paso-shooting-victims/index.html |title=These are the victims who have been identified in the El Paso shooting |first1=Amanda |last1=Jackson |first2=Emanuella |last2=Grinberg |first3=Nicole |last3=Chavez |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806041142/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/04/us/el-paso-shooting-victims/index.html |url-status=live }} The names, ages, and citizenships of 22 of the dead were released by the El Paso Police Department on August 5. Seventeen were 56 or older, two were in their 40s, two in their 20s, one was 36, and one was 15.{{cite news |url=https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/here-are-the-known-victims-of-the-el-paso-mass-shooting/1104025894 |title=Here is the official list of all 22 victims killed in the El Paso mass shooting |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019 |publisher=KVIA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804220319/https://www.kvia.com/news/el-paso/here-are-the-known-victims-of-the-el-paso-mass-shooting/1104025894 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |url-status=dead}} - [https://www.elpasotexas.gov/~/media/files/coep/police%20department/press%20releases/patient%20list%20as%20of%208-5-2019%20%201545%20hours.ashx press release from the city government]

Thirteen victims were taken to the University Medical Center of El Paso, and another eleven to the Del Sol Medical Center.{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/el-paso-tx-shooting-live-updates/index.html |title=Deadly shooting in El Paso, Texas |first=Harmeet |last=Kaur |date=August 3, 2019 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804004451/https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/el-paso-tx-shooting-live-updates/index.html |url-status=live }} Two children, ages 2 and 9, were transferred to El Paso Children's Hospital after their conditions were stabilized.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/active-shooter-near-el-paso-mall-police-responding-n1039001 |title=El Paso shooting: 20 people dead, 26 injured, suspect in custody, police say |date=August 3, 2019 |first1=Andrew |last1=Blankstein |first2=Minyvonne |last2=Burke |work=NBC News |access-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804155541/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/active-shooter-near-el-paso-mall-police-responding-n1039001 |url-status=live }} The Del Sol Medical Center patients were between 35 and 82 years old.

Patrick Wood Crusius (born July 27, 1998) was arrested shortly after the shooting and charged with capital murder.{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/el-paso-shooting-being-treated-domestic-terrorism-police-say-suspect-n1039076 |title=El Paso shooting being treated as domestic terrorism; police say suspect is cooperating |work=NBC News |first=David K. |last=Li |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806233304/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/el-paso-shooting-being-treated-domestic-terrorism-police-say-suspect-n1039076 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/suspect-in-el-paso-walmart-shooting-charged-with-capital-murder/ |title=Suspect in El Paso Walmart shooting charged with Capital Murder |publisher=WRIC |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126154040/https://www.wric.com/news/u-s-world/suspect-in-el-paso-walmart-shooting-charged-with-capital-murder/ |url-status=live }} A 21-year-old of German descent,{{r|Arango|Wong}}{{cite news |last=Romo |first=Vanessa |title=El Paso Walmart Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/10/10/769013051/el-paso-walmart-shooting-suspect-pleads-not-guilty |publisher=NPR |date=October 10, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-date=February 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210084346/https://www.npr.org/2019/10/10/769013051/el-paso-walmart-shooting-suspect-pleads-not-guilty |url-status=live }} he was last known to have lived in his family's home in Allen, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex,{{cite news |last1=Murdock, Russo |first1=Sebastian, Amy |title=20 Dead In Texas Walmart Mass Shooting |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shooting-el-paso-walmart-texas_n_5d45c396e4b0acb57fcd49de |access-date=August 4, 2019 |work=HuffPost |date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804071137/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shooting-el-paso-walmart-texas_n_5d45c396e4b0acb57fcd49de |url-status=live }} approximately {{convert|650|mi}} from El Paso.Tanya Eiserer, [https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/el-paso/el-paso-shooter-was-anti-social-loner-former-classmate-says/287-010d60d7-f21b-4620-a4d4-062710f8e448 El Paso shooter was anti-social loner, former classmate says] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805052351/https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/texas/el-paso/el-paso-shooter-was-anti-social-loner-former-classmate-says/287-010d60d7-f21b-4620-a4d4-062710f8e448 |date=August 5, 2019 }}, WFAA ( August 4, 2019). He graduated in 2017 from Plano Senior High School, and was enrolled at Collin College from 2017 until spring 2019.

Crusius legally purchased a GP WASR-10 semi-automatic rifle and 1,000 rounds of hollow-point ammunition online in June 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/08/04/know-el-paso-massacre-suspect-ties-north-texas |title=What we know about the El Paso massacre suspect and his ties to North Texas |last=Cardona |first=Claire Z.work=Dallas News |date=August 10, 2019 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804232228/https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/08/04/know-el-paso-massacre-suspect-ties-north-texas |url-status=live }} During his first interrogation, he told detectives he had targeted Mexicans, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.{{r|Moore|Bogel-Burroughs}}{{cite news |last1=Attanasio |first1=Cedar |last2=Bleiberg |first2=Jake |last3=Weber |first3=Paul J. |title=El Paso gunman confessed: 'I'm the shooter,' was targeting Mexicans |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/el-paso-gunman-confessed-im-the-shooter-was-targeting-mexicans |work=PBS NewsHour |agency=Associated Press |date=August 9, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234533/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/el-paso-gunman-confessed-im-the-shooter-was-targeting-mexicans |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/el-paso-shooting-suspect-said-he-was-targeting-mexicans-and-told-police-im-the-shooter-report |last=Leon |first=Melissa |date=August 10, 2019 |title=El Paso shooting suspect said he was targeting Mexicans and told police, 'I'm the shooter': report |work=Fox News |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809221652/https://www.foxnews.com/us/el-paso-shooting-suspect-said-he-was-targeting-mexicans-and-told-police-im-the-shooter-report |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Julia Carrie |author-link=Julia Carrie Wong |title=El Paso shooting: suspect confesses to targeting Mexicans, officials say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/09/el-paso-shooting-suspect-confessed-attack-mexicans |work=The Guardian |date=August 9, 2019 |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127093619/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/09/el-paso-shooting-suspect-confessed-attack-mexicans |url-status=live }} Crusius was also diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder.{{cite news | last=Nakamura | first=David | title=Justice Department standards on federal death penalty called confusing | newspaper=The Washington Post | date=11 February 2023 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/11/death-penalty-justice-department/ | access-date=3 April 2023 | archive-date=March 31, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331140917/https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/02/11/death-penalty-justice-department/ | url-status=live }} (subscription required)

Crusius registered to vote in 2016 as a Republican and had a Twitter account from 2017 that showed a photo of Donald Trump in the Oval Office. He also had a pro-Trump poll that included responses such as "#BuildTheWall, #NoSanctuaryCities, #KeepGitmoOpen and #BanSyrianRefugees".{{r|Biesecker}}

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Crusius has admitted to posting a manifesto, titled The Inconvenient Truth, on the online message board 8chan shortly before the shooting.{{r|nbc}}{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Ben |date=August 3, 2019 |title=Investigators 'reasonably confident' Texas suspect left anti-immigrant screed, tipped off before attack |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigators-reasonably-confident-texas-suspect-left-anti-immigrant-screed-tipped-n1039031 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910115539/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigators-reasonably-confident-texas-suspect-left-anti-immigrant-screed-tipped-n1039031 |url-status=live }} The post includes the suspect's name, and the manifesto identifies the type of weapon used in the attack.{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Robert |author-link=Robert Evans (journalist) |title=The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/ |website=Bellingcat |access-date=August 4, 2019 |date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804053525/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/ |url-status=live }} Site moderators quickly removed the original post, though users continued to share copies. Claiming to have been inspired by the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand that killed 51 people earlier the same year,{{r|Fisher}} the author expresses support for the perpetrator of the Christchurch shootings{{r|Arango}}{{cite news |last1=Embury-Dennis |first1=Tom |title=El Paso shooting suspect 'espoused racist tropes and voiced support for Christchurch mosque gunman' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/el-paso-shooting-suspect-patrick-crusius-white-supremacist-trump-texas-walmart-a9038611.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804142243/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/el-paso-shooting-suspect-patrick-crusius-white-supremacist-trump-texas-walmart-a9038611.html |archive-date=2019-08-04 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=August 4, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Dearden |first1=Lizzie |title=Revered as a saint by online extremists, how the Christchurch shooter inspired copycat terrorists around the world |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/brenton-tarrant-christchurch-shooter-attack-el-paso-norway-poway-a9076926.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824231458/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/brenton-tarrant-christchurch-shooter-attack-el-paso-norway-poway-a9076926.html |archive-date=2019-08-24 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |work=The Independent |date=August 24, 2019}} and bemoans grievances{{r|Noack}}{{cite news |last=Darby |first=Luke |title=How the 'Great Replacement' conspiracy theory has inspired white supremacist killers |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/05/analysis-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-has-inspired-white/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/05/analysis-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-has-inspired-white/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |date=August 5, 2019 |location=London |url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}} such as environmental degradation,{{r|Achenbach|Abutaleb|Embury-Dennis}} "cultural and ethnic replacement",{{r|Dearden|Nakamura}} and a "Hispanic invasion".{{r|Eligon|Darby Telegraph|Biesecker}}

The anti-Hispanic, anti-immigrant manifesto promotes the white nationalist and far-right conspiracy theory called the Great Replacement,{{r|Eligon}}{{cite news |last1=Arango |first1=Tim |last2=Bogel-Burroughs |first2=Nicholas |last3=Benner |first3=Katie |title=Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/us/patrick-crusius-el-paso-shooter-manifesto.html |access-date=August 4, 2019 |date=August 3, 2019 |work=The New York Times |url-access=limited |archive-date=September 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917202031/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/us/patrick-crusius-el-paso-shooter-manifesto.html |url-status=live }} often attributed to the French writer Renaud Camus.{{cite news |last=Fisher |first=Marc |title=A weekend of mass murder reflects how American violence goes viral |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 5, 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-weekend-of-mass-murder-reflects-how-american-violence-goes-viral/2019/08/04/d2ecfa3a-b6d7-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-date=November 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129151719/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-weekend-of-mass-murder-reflects-how-american-violence-goes-viral/2019/08/04/d2ecfa3a-b6d7-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html |url-status=live }} While the document uses language about immigrants similar to that used by U.S. president Donald Trump,{{refn|group=n |{{bulleted list |{{r|Attanasio}} |"The manifesto's author said their anger toward immigrants predates Donald Trump's presidency, but the language used bears much similarity with the president's vocabulary."{{cite news |last=Aratani |first=Lauren |title='Invasion' and 'fake news': El Paso manifesto echoes Trump language |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/05/el-paso-shooting-suspect-trump-language-manifesto |work=The Guardian |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127082526/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/05/el-paso-shooting-suspect-trump-language-manifesto |url-status=live }} |"[S]ome of the language included in the document parroted Trump's own words, characterizing Hispanic migrants as invaders taking American jobs and arguing to 'send them back'."{{cite news |last1=Biesecker |first1=Michael |last2=Dunklin |first2=Reese |last3=Kunzelman |first3=Michael |title=El Paso suspect appears to have posted anti-immigrant screed |url=https://apnews.com/df6dc60f37664833ba3b953927ef835d |work=Associated Press |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203060338/https://apnews.com/df6dc60f37664833ba3b953927ef835d |url-status=live }} |"Portions of the 2,300-word essay, titled 'The Inconvenient Truth', closely mirror Trump's rhetoric, as well as the language of the white nationalist movement, including a warning about the 'Hispanic invasion of Texas'."{{cite news |last=Rucker |first=Philip |title='How do you stop these people?': Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric looms over El Paso massacre |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-do-you-stop-these-people-trumps-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-looms-over-el-paso-massacre/2019/08/04/62d0435a-b6ce-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 4, 2019 |url-access=limited |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127205647/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-do-you-stop-these-people-trumps-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-looms-over-el-paso-massacre/2019/08/04/62d0435a-b6ce-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html |url-status=live }} |"But if Mr. Trump did not originally inspire the gunman, he has brought into the mainstream polarizing ideas and people once consigned to the fringes of American society [...] Mr. Crusius described legal and illegal immigrants as 'invaders' who are flooding into the United States, a term Mr. Trump has frequently employed to argue for a border wall."{{r|Baker}} }}}} such as referring to a migrant "invasion",{{r|Eligon|Darby Telegraph|King}} it states that the author's beliefs predate Trump's presidency, and that Trump should not be blamed for the attack.{{r|Attanasio|Abutaleb|Biesecker}} The author's "racially extremist views", according to The New York Times, could be used to prosecute the shooting as a hate crime or domestic terrorism.{{r|Romero}}

The manifesto states that Democrats would soon control the United States partly due to an increasing Hispanic population,{{r|Abutaleb}} an idea that had gained acceptance for years on right-wing radio shows. Criticizing both the Democratic Party and Republican Party{{r|Abutaleb}} for allowing corporations to "import foreign workers",{{r|Nakamura}} the author describes the shooting as an "incentive" for Hispanics to leave the country, which would "remove the threat" of a Hispanic voting bloc.{{cite news |last1=Abutaleb |first1=Yasmeen |title=What's inside the hate-filled manifesto linked to the alleged El Paso shooter |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/04/whats-inside-hate-filled-manifesto-linked-el-paso-shooter/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 5, 2019 |date=August 4, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804233006/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/04/whats-inside-hate-filled-manifesto-linked-el-paso-shooter/ |url-status=live }} While primarily focused on ethnic and racial grievances,{{r|Achenbach}} the document also expresses fears of automation's effects on employment and blames corporations for overusing natural resources.{{r|Abutaleb}}

The arrest warrant affidavit says Crusius waived his Miranda rights, confessed to detectives that he was the shooter, and admitted that he targeted "Mexicans" during the attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/el-paso-suspect-said-he-was-targeting-mexicans-told-officers-he-was-the-shooter-police-say/2019/08/09/ab235e18-bac9-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html |title=El Paso suspect said he was targeting 'Mexicans,' told officers he was the shooter, police say |last1=Moore |first1=Robert |date=August 9, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 10, 2019 |last2=Berman |first2=Mark |url-access=limited}}{{cite news |last=Bogel-Burroughs |first=Nicholas |title='I'm the Shooter': El Paso Suspect Confessed to Targeting Mexicans, Police Say |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/el-paso-suspect-confession.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 9, 2019 |url-access=limited |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-date=November 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115125945/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/el-paso-suspect-confession.html |url-status=live }}

Multiple investigations and jurisdictions were involved with the case. FBI officials in El Paso served multiple warrants in the Dallas area and interviewed acquaintances of Crusius in Dallas and San Antonio.{{Cite web |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/08/05/el-paso-shooting-walmart-gunman-patrick-crusius-court-appearance/1921852001/ |title=El Paso Walmart shooting suspect made court appearance Sunday, records show |last1=Garcia |first1=Uriel J. |last2=Montes |first2=Aaron |website=azcentral |access-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806011511/https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix/2019/08/05/el-paso-shooting-walmart-gunman-patrick-crusius-court-appearance/1921852001/ |url-status=live }}

On February 6, 2020, Crusius was charged with 90 federal charges: 22 counts of committing a hate crime resulting in death, 22 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder, 23 counts of a hate crime involving an attempt to kill, and 23 counts of use of a firearm during a crime.{{r|Murphy}}{{cite web |title=Man accused of killing 22 in El Paso indicted on murder charges |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/man-accused-killing-22-el-paso-indicted-murder-charges-190912173327520.html |publisher=Al Jazeera |access-date=September 12, 2019 |date=September 12, 2019 |archive-date=September 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912191542/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/man-accused-killing-22-el-paso-indicted-murder-charges-190912173327520.html |url-status=live }}

Crusius waived his federal bond hearing on February 12, 2020, during his first federal court appearance.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-idUSKBN2002PK |title=Accused El Paso mass shooter charged with 90 counts of federal hate crimes |date=February 7, 2020 |work=Reuters |access-date=February 12, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212202029/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-idUSKBN2002PK |url-status=live }} On July 23, 2020, Crusius entered a plea of not-guilty to federal charges.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Jim |title=Crusius pleads 'not guilty' to fed charges; prosecutor says trial delay would be 'miscarriage of justice' |url=https://kvia.com/news/crime/2020/07/23/feds-says-further-delay-in-prosecution-of-accused-walmart-shooter-would-be-miscarriage-of-justice/ |access-date=July 25, 2020 |work=KVIA |agency=ABC7 |date=July 23, 2020 |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725220250/https://kvia.com/news/crime/2020/07/23/feds-says-further-delay-in-prosecution-of-accused-walmart-shooter-would-be-miscarriage-of-justice/ |url-status=live }} He also waived his arraignment on those charges.{{cite news |last1=KTSM Staff |title=El Paso Walmart shooting suspect pleads not guilty to new federal charges |url=https://www.borderreport.com/el-paso-strong/el-paso-walmart-shooting-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-federal-charges/ |access-date=July 25, 2020 |work=Border Report |date=July 23, 2020 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726023824/https://www.borderreport.com/el-paso-strong/el-paso-walmart-shooting-suspect-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-federal-charges/ |url-status=live }}

In July 2020, the federal court granted a defense motion for more time to investigate "a number of 'red-flag' mitigation themes" as federal prosecutors decided whether to seek a death sentence. In the motion, the defense said that Crusius had "severe" lifelong neurological and mental disabilities; that he was treated with antipsychotic medication after his arrest; and that he was in a "psychotic state" when arrested.{{cite news |last1=Razek |first1=Raja |last2=Silverman |first2=Hollie |title=El Paso Walmart shooter has mental disabilities and was in a psychotic state after the shooting, defense counsel says |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/14/us/el-paso-shooter-psychotic-state/index.html |access-date=July 14, 2020 |agency=CNN |date=July 14, 2020 |archive-date=July 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715073844/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/14/us/el-paso-shooter-psychotic-state/index.html |url-status=live }}

The trial was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the large volume of evidence.{{cite news |last1=Martinez |first1=Aaron |title=Federal trial in Walmart mass shooting at least a year away, even longer in state court |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2020/08/22/trial-el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-least-year-away/5521472002/ |access-date=24 March 2021 |work=El Paso Times |date=22 August 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110163710/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2020/08/22/trial-el-paso-walmart-mass-shooting-least-year-away/5521472002/ |url-status=live }} At a February 2022 hearing, the defense team requested a trial start date of March 2025 or later, while federal prosecutors asked for a June 2023 trial date. Defense attorneys said they needed more time to comb through 1.76 million files and 763 gigabytes of video obtained through the discovery process, and told U.S. District Judge David C. Guaderrama that the defense might raise an insanity defense.Lauren Villagran, [https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2022/02/16/el-paso-walmart-shooting-patrick-crusius-defense-wants-2025-trial/6820636001/ Walmart mass shooting trial: Prosecution wants 2023 start, defense wants a delay to 2025] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517132205/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2022/02/16/el-paso-walmart-shooting-patrick-crusius-defense-wants-2025-trial/6820636001/ |date=May 17, 2022 }}, El Paso Times (February 17, 2022). In January 2023, federal prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty for Crusius. On February 8, 2023, Crusius pleaded guilty to 90 federal murder and hate crime charges. Before sentencing, when asked if he felt remorse, he nodded.{{Cite web |last=Sanchez |first=Rosa Flores,Andi Babineau,Ray |date=2023-07-06 |title=El Paso Walmart mass shooter is confronted by victims' families for a second day |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/us/el-paso-walmart-shooter-sentencing-thursday/index.html |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=CNN |language=en}} On July 7, 2023, Crusius was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences.{{cite web |date=July 7, 2023 |title=Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty |url=https://apnews.com/article/el-paso-walmart-shooting-crusius-6e8b5f654d9c2b51e377c09bfdda9caf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707045315/https://apnews.com/article/el-paso-walmart-shooting-crusius-6e8b5f654d9c2b51e377c09bfdda9caf |archive-date=July 7, 2023 |access-date=July 7, 2023 |publisher=AP NEWS}}Aaron Martinez [https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2023/07/07/el-paso-walmart-shooting-sentencing-patrick-crusius-gunman-receives-90-life-sentences/70390167007/ (July 7, 2023) White supremacist to spend rest of life in prison for 2019 Walmart mass shooting] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707194046/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2023/07/07/el-paso-walmart-shooting-sentencing-patrick-crusius-gunman-receives-90-life-sentences/70390167007/ |date=July 7, 2023 }}

Crusius was indicted on capital murder charges by a Texas grand jury on September 12, 2019. He pleaded not guilty to capital murder charges at his arraignment on October 10, 2019, at the El Paso County Courthouse.{{r|Romo}} Mark Stevens, a San Antonio criminal defense attorney, was appointed by the state court to represent Crusius, along with defense attorney Joe Spencer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/crime/2019/08/06/san-antonio-lawyer-represent-el-paso-shooting-suspect-patrick-crusias/1933301001/ |title=San Antonio lawyer will represent suspected domestic terrorist in El Paso shooting |last=Garcia |first=Uriel J. |website=El Paso Times |access-date=August 14, 2019}}{{cite news |url=https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-defense-lawyer-appointed-to-defend-14282851.php |url-access=subscription |last=Zavala |first=Elizabeth |date=August 5, 2019 |title=San Antonio defense lawyer appointed to defend suspect in El Paso massacre |work=San Antonio Express-News |access-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905013717/https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-defense-lawyer-appointed-to-defend-14282851.php |url-status=live }} On April 28, 2020, prosecutors announced they would be seeking a new capital murder charge following the recent death of a twenty-third victim after he spent nine months in the hospital.{{cite news |url=https://cbs4local.com/news/local/accused-el-paso-walmart-shooter-faces-new-capital-murder-charge |title=Accused El Paso Walmart shooter faces new capital murder charge |publisher=KDBC-TV |date=April 28, 2020 |access-date=April 29, 2020 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724174623/https://cbs4local.com/news/local/accused-el-paso-walmart-shooter-faces-new-capital-murder-charge |url-status=live }}

Proceedings in the state trial were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the massive amount of evidence in the case.

El Paso district attorney Bill Hicks has stated that his office intends to pursue the death penalty in the case.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wgauradio.com/news/trending/alleged-gunman-racist-2019-el-paso-walmart-attack-pleads-guilty-federal-charges/JRRZMH3XLZET7EANXISHRXK5X4/|title=Alleged gunman in racist 2019 El Paso Walmart attack pleads guilty to federal charges|date=February 9, 2023|website=WGAU|access-date=February 15, 2023|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215191255/https://www.wgauradio.com/news/trending/alleged-gunman-racist-2019-el-paso-walmart-attack-pleads-guilty-federal-charges/JRRZMH3XLZET7EANXISHRXK5X4/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/texas-walmart-shooting-suspect-plea.html|title=Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes in El Paso Massacre That Killed 23|first=Emily|last=Schmall|work=The New York Times|date=February 8, 2023|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=February 15, 2023|archive-date=February 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215191251/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/08/us/texas-walmart-shooting-suspect-plea.html|url-status=live}}

In 2025, El Paso District Attorney James Montoya, who replaced incumbent Bill Hicks, announced he would no longer be seeking the death penalty.{{cite news |title=Gunman who killed 23 in Texas Walmart attack can avoid death penalty with plea deal |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/g-s1-55939/gunman-texas-walmart-attack-death-penalty-plea-deal |access-date=2 April 2025 |agency=The Associated Press |publisher=NPR |date=25 March 2025}}

Crusius pled guilty to the state charges on April 21, 2025 and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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Several funeral homes in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez announced they would provide funeral services for free to the families of the victims as a sign of solidarity for their community.{{Cite news |url=https://diario.mx/juarez/se-ofrecen-mas-funerarias-a-ofrecer-servicios-gratuitos-a-victimas-de-masacre-20190803-1546976.html |title=Se ofrecen más funerarias a ofrecer servicios gratuitos a víctimas de masacre |last=Vargas |first=Alejandro |date=August 3, 2019 |work=El Diario de Juárez |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912191136/https://diario.mx/juarez/se-ofrecen-mas-funerarias-a-ofrecer-servicios-gratuitos-a-victimas-de-masacre-20190803-1546976.html |url-status=live }} Ciudad Juárez's Rotary International chapter organized a vigil in Ciudad Juárez. They gathered at a park and lit candles and shone cellphone lights in El Paso's direction as a sign of solidarity.{{Cite news |url=https://diario.mx/juarez/con-vigilia-juarenses-se-solidarizan-con-victimas-de-tiroteo-20190803-1546939.html |title=Con vigilia juarenses se solidarizan con víctimas de tiroteo |last=Vargas |first=Alejandro |date=August 3, 2019 |work=El Diario de Juárez |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125023435/https://diario.mx/juarez/con-vigilia-juarenses-se-solidarizan-con-victimas-de-tiroteo-20190803-1546939.html |url-status=live }}

Antonio Basco declared his wife's funeral on August 16 to be open to anyone who wished to attend.{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/17/752006060/el-paso-shooting-hundreds-of-strangers-come-to-mourn-with-widower-at-wifes-funer |title=El Paso Shooting: Hundreds Of Strangers Come To Mourn With Widower At Wife's Funeral |last=Held |first=Amy |website=NPR.org |access-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817184528/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/17/752006060/el-paso-shooting-hundreds-of-strangers-come-to-mourn-with-widower-at-wifes-funer |url-status=live }} Hundreds of people from El Paso and other parts of the country attended, and flowers were sent from around the world.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/us/el-paso-shooting-margie-reckard-funeral-trnd/index.html |title=A husband worried few would attend an El Paso shooting victim's service. 700 strangers showed up |last1=Kaur |first1=Harmeet |last2=Vera |first2=Amir |date=August 17, 2019 |website=CNN |access-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816222046/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/us/el-paso-shooting-margie-reckard-funeral-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }}

El Paso musician Khalid held a benefit concert for his home city on September 1, featuring several high-profile artists and introduced by fellow El Paso native and former US Representative Beto O'Rourke.{{cite web |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/09/02/khalid-concert-el-paso-shooting-victims-guests-matthew-mcconaughey-sza-lil-yachty/2191906001/ |title=Khalid, 7,000-plus 'friends' join together for 'A Night for Suncity' benefit concert |last=Acosta |first=Dave |date=2019-09-02 |website= |publisher=El Paso Times |access-date=2021-10-04 |quote= |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110163719/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2019/09/02/khalid-concert-el-paso-shooting-victims-guests-matthew-mcconaughey-sza-lil-yachty/2191906001/ |url-status=live }}

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One week after the shooting, a citizen from Ciudad Juárez, Jorge Luis Martínez Chávez, ran a total of 22 miles, a mile for each of the people killed in the Walmart shooting (one additional victim died months later), starting at the Zaragoza bridge in Juárez, Mexico, and finishing at the Walmart memorial in El Paso where the attack was perpetrated.{{Cite web |url=https://diario.mx/juarez/corre-22-millas-para-honrar-a-las-victimas-de-tiroteo-20190810-1549579.html |title=Corre 22 millas para honrar a las víctimas de tiroteo |last=Martinez |first=Luis |date=August 24, 2019 |work=El Diario de Juárez |language=es |access-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912193843/https://diario.mx/juarez/corre-22-millas-para-honrar-a-las-victimas-de-tiroteo-20190810-1549579.html |url-status=live }}

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The El Paso Healing Garden at Ascarate Park in Mission Valley was dedicated in August 2021.{{Cite web |last=Mata |first=Reyes |date=August 4, 2021 |title=A place for hope: El Paso Healing Garden dedicated |url=https://www.elpasoinc.com/lifestyle/local_features/a-place-for-hope-el-paso-healing-garden-dedicated/article_e9b11fba-f539-11eb-9af7-4764aa457b06.html |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=El Paso Inc. |language=en |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228184013/https://www.elpasoinc.com/lifestyle/local_features/a-place-for-hope-el-paso-healing-garden-dedicated/article_e9b11fba-f539-11eb-9af7-4764aa457b06.html |url-status=live }} It was designated a national memorial in December 2022.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-16 |title=House approves National Memorial status for El Paso Community Healing Garden |url=https://www.ktsm.com/local/house-approves-national-memorial-status-for-el-paso-community-healing-garden/ |access-date=2022-12-28 |website=KTSM 9 News |language=en-US |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228182823/https://www.ktsm.com/local/house-approves-national-memorial-status-for-el-paso-community-healing-garden/ |url-status=live }}

Terrorism experts, including Peter R. Neumann, cited the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as a common factor among several similar attacks.{{cite news |last1=Noack |first1=Rick |title=Christchurch endures as extremist touchstone, as investigators probe suspected El Paso manifesto |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/06/christchurch-endures-extremist-touchstone-investigators-probe-suspected-el-paso-manifesto/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 6, 2019 |url-access=limited |access-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023083228/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/06/christchurch-endures-extremist-touchstone-investigators-probe-suspected-el-paso-manifesto/ |url-status=live }} The Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch blog linked the shooting with the earlier Christchurch mosque shootings and the Poway synagogue shooting, citing the similar white nationalist contents of the respective attackers' manifestos.{{cite web |last1=Hayden |first1=Michael E. |title=White Nationalists Praise El Paso Attack and Mock the Dead |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/04/white-nationalists-praise-el-paso-attack-and-mock-dead |website=Hatewatch |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117040120/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/04/white-nationalists-praise-el-paso-attack-and-mock-dead |url-status=live }} Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, said that the shooting, as part of a series of similar attacks, indicated a "global threat" of white supremacy.{{r|Eligon}} NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg urged countries to work together to prevent "lone wolf" attackers who find inspiration in one another's actions.{{cite news |title=Lone wolf attackers inspire each other, NATO chief says |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-nato/lone-wolf-attackers-inspire-each-other-nato-chief-says-idUSKCN1UV0FB |work=Reuters |date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107231535/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-nato/lone-wolf-attackers-inspire-each-other-nato-chief-says-idUSKCN1UV0FB |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Mead |first1=Thomaas |title=On visit to Christchurch mosque, Secretary General of NATO warns lone wolf attackers 'use each other for inspiration' |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/visit-christchurch-mosque-secretary-general-nato-warns-lone-wolf-attackers-use-each-other-inspiration |work=1 News |publisher=TVNZ |date=August 4, 2019 |location=Auckland, NZ |access-date=September 19, 2019 |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019072804/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/visit-christchurch-mosque-secretary-general-nato-warns-lone-wolf-attackers-use-each-other-inspiration |url-status=live }} Others, including the writer Daniel Okrent, disputed the "lone wolf" idea, pointing to the ways in which technology allows those with similar violent ideologies to congregate online.{{r|Fisher}}

Several commentators attributed both the El Paso and Christchurch shootings to an ideology of ecofascism.{{cite news |last=Owen |first=Tess |title=Eco-Fascism: the Racist Theory That Inspired the El Paso and Christchurch Shooters |url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nmv5/eco-fascism-the-racist-theory-that-inspired-the-el-paso-and-christchurch-shooters-and-is-gaining-followers |work=Vice |date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=September 18, 2019 |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908131101/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/59nmv5/eco-fascism-the-racist-theory-that-inspired-the-el-paso-and-christchurch-shooters-and-is-gaining-followers |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Lennard |first=Natasha |title=The El Paso Shooter Embraced Eco-Fascism. We Can't Let the Far Right Co-Opt the Environmental Struggle. |url=https://theintercept.com/2019/08/05/el-paso-shooting-eco-fascism-migration/ |website=The Intercept |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=September 18, 2019 |archive-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131080534/https://theintercept.com/2019/08/05/el-paso-shooting-eco-fascism-migration/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Kaufman |first1=Alexander C. |title=The El Paso manifesto: Where racism and eco-fascism meet |url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/08/the-el-paso-manifesto-where-racism-and-eco-facism-meet/ |website=Mother Jones |publisher=August 5, 2019 |access-date=September 22, 2019 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126233522/https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/08/the-el-paso-manifesto-where-racism-and-eco-facism-meet/ |url-status=live }} The Washington Post described the El Paso and Christchurch shootings as examples of an eco-fascist trend among white supremacists.{{r|Achenbach}} Writing in GQ, Luke Darby referred to the "distinctly environmental theme" of Crusius's alleged manifesto.{{cite web |last=Darby |first=Luke |title=What Is Eco-Fascism, the Ideology Behind Attacks in El Paso and Christchurch? |url=https://www.gq.com/story/what-is-eco-fascism |work=GQ |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=September 18, 2019 |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129133207/https://www.gq.com/story/what-is-eco-fascism |url-status=live }} Jeet Heer in The Nation described the manifesto as being based in "Malthusian fascism", a worldview in which different races vie against one another in the face of environmental crises such as global warming.{{cite news |last=Heer |first=Jeet |title=After the El Paso Massacre, the Choice Is Green Socialism or Eco-Fascism |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/el-paso-mass-shooting-fascism/ |work=The Nation |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=September 18, 2019 |archive-date=August 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827172725/https://www.thenation.com/article/el-paso-mass-shooting-fascism/ |url-status=dead }} Mainstream environmentalists, including the executive director of the Sierra Club, denounced the attacker's alleged white-supremacist motivations.{{cite news |last=Achenbach |first=Joel |title=Two mass killings a world apart share a common theme: 'ecofascism' |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 18, 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/two-mass-murders-a-world-apart-share-a-common-theme-ecofascism/2019/08/18/0079a676-bec4-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110223326/https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/two-mass-murders-a-world-apart-share-a-common-theme-ecofascism/2019/08/18/0079a676-bec4-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html |url-status=live }}

File:President Trump and the First Lady in El Paso, Texas (48490970081).jpg |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2019 |quote=First Lady Melania Trump holds the two-month-old son of Jordan and Andre Anchondo, as she and President Donald J. Trump pose for photos and meet members of the Anchondo family Wednesday, August 7, 2019, at the University Medical Center of El Paso in El Paso, Texas. Jordan and Andre Anchondo were among the 22 people killed in a mass shooting Saturday at a Walmart in El Paso. |archive-date=August 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811183111/https://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/48490970081/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/el-paso-shooting-attack-death-toll-walmart-jordan-anchondo-latest-a9039416.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805150836/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/el-paso-shooting-attack-death-toll-walmart-jordan-anchondo-latest-a9039416.html |archive-date=2019-08-05 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Mother gave her life shielding two-month-old baby from El Paso shooter |date=August 5, 2019 |website=The Independent |access-date=August 8, 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/749099244/the-couple-killed-saving-their-baby-in-el-paso-had-just-found-a-future-together |title=The Couple Killed Saving Their Baby In El Paso Had Just Found A Future Together |newspaper=NPR |date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |last1=Axelrod |first1=Josh |last2=Greene |first2=David |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808133532/https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/749099244/the-couple-killed-saving-their-baby-in-el-paso-had-just-found-a-future-together |url-status=live }}]]

President Donald Trump condemned the shooting as "hateful" and an "act of cowardice" later that day.{{cite news |title=Trump, 2020 Dems condemn El Paso mass shooting: 'Act of cowardice' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/end-this-carnage-donald-trump-2020-dems-joe-biden-cory-booker-pete-buttigieg |publisher=Fox News |date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121061254/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/end-this-carnage-donald-trump-2020-dems-joe-biden-cory-booker-pete-buttigieg |url-status=live }} He promised that his administration would provide "total support".{{cite web |work=CBS News |date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |title=El Paso shooting: Prosecutors to seek death penalty for "domestic terrorism" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/el-paso-walmart-shooting-suspect-patrick-crusius-latest-live-updates-today-2019-08-04/ |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804161530/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/el-paso-walmart-shooting-suspect-patrick-crusius-latest-live-updates-today-2019-08-04/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Texas governor: 20 dead in El Paso shopping-complex shooting |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/03/el-paso-shooting-1445513 |work=Politico |access-date=August 4, 2019 |date=August 3, 2019 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218010918/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/03/el-paso-shooting-1445513 |url-status=live }} In a later statement, Trump announced after the shootings in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio, that all US flags, both domestic and abroad, would be flown at half-staff until sunset on August 8.{{cite news |last1=Geoghegan |first1=Tom |last2=Bevington |first2=Ben |last3=Nevett |first3=Joshua |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/49227583 |title=Two US mass shootings in 24 hours |work=BBC News |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805021950/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/49227583 |url-status=live }} In a speech from the White House on August 5, Trump said: "In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. These sinister ideologies must be defeated. Hate has no place in America."{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49240310 |title=US mass shootings: Trump condemns racism and white supremacy |date=August 5, 2019 |work=BBC News |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=December 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207090821/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49240310 |url-status=live }} On August 7, Trump said he was "concerned about the rise of any group of hate", whether it was "white supremacy, whether it's any other kind of supremacy, whether it's antifa".{{cite web |last1=Riotta |first1=Chris |title=Why Trump's plan to label antifa a terrorist group is little more than 'political theatre' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-antifa-teror-group-white-supremacy-violent-white-supremacists-a9035106.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807223740/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-antifa-teror-group-white-supremacy-violent-white-supremacists-a9035106.html |archive-date=2019-08-07 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |work=The Independent |access-date=August 9, 2019 |date=August 7, 2019}}

Within two days of the shooting, #WhiteSupremacistInChief reached the number one trend on Twitter{{cite news |url=https://www.newsweek.com/white-supremacist-chief-trends-twitter-trump-shooting-1452587 |title=#WhiteSupremacistInChief Tops Twitter Trends to Condemn Donald Trump After El Paso, Dayton Shootings |first=Alexandra |last=Hutzler |work=Newsweek |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805152730/https://www.newsweek.com/white-supremacist-chief-trends-twitter-trump-shooting-1452587 |url-status=live }} as critics pointed out that statements in the suspect's alleged manifesto mirrored comments Trump had made in the past, including references to illegal immigration as an "invasion" and telling an unspecified group of "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe" to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came".{{r|King}} Media outlets also highlighted an incident in May 2019 where an audience member at a campaign rally suggested shooting illegal migrants crossing the border, to which Trump responded with a joke,{{r|Hutzler}} saying, "only in the Panhandle you can get away with that".{{r|Rucker}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/us/politics/trump-mass-shootings.html |title=El Paso Shooting Suspect's Manifesto Echoes Trump's Language |first1=Peter |last1=Baker |first2=Michael D. |last2=Shear |work=The New York Times |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805003714/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/04/us/politics/trump-mass-shootings.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-08-04/el-paso-shooting-trump-rhetoric-white-supremacy |title=A cultural reckoning over a president's language as critics tie shooting to hateful rhetoric |first=Laura |last=King |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805012729/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-08-04/el-paso-shooting-trump-rhetoric-white-supremacy |url-status=live }}

A statement released by former president Barack Obama stated, "We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments," which has widely been interpreted as a criticism of Trump's specific rhetoric.{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/obama-statement-el-paso-texas-dayton-ohio/index.html |title=Obama urges Americans to reject language from leaders that 'normalizes racist sentiments' in pointed statement |first=Paul |last=LeBlanc |date=August 6, 2019 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107233430/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/05/politics/obama-statement-el-paso-texas-dayton-ohio/index.html |url-status=live }} Trump's remark that violent video games contributed to such mass shootings, a view echoed by other politicians such as House Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, drew criticism from the video game industry, as past studies have found that no link exists between shootings and video games, and accused the government of using the medium as a scapegoat.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/dan-patrick-and-kevin-mccarthy-go-on-fox-news-to-blame-video-games-for-latest-mass-shootings |title=Republican Politicians Hit Fox News to Blame Video Games for Latest Mass Shootings |first=Justin |last=Baragona |date=August 4, 2019 |work=Daily Beast |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107231950/https://www.thedailybeast.com/dan-patrick-and-kevin-mccarthy-go-on-fox-news-to-blame-video-games-for-latest-mass-shootings |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Gilbert |first1=Ben |title=Trump and other politicians keep blaming violent video games for mass shootings. That just doesn't add up. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-blames-mass-shootings-on-video-games-versus-guns-2019-8?r=US&IR=T |website=Business Insider |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812001853/https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-blames-mass-shootings-on-video-games-versus-guns-2019-8?r=US&IR=T |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Badham |first1=Van |title=Trump wanted gamers to support him. Now he's blaming them for gun massacres |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/08/trump-wanted-gamers-to-support-him-now-hes-blaming-them-for-gun-massacres |website=The Guardian |date=August 8, 2019 |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809162312/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/08/trump-wanted-gamers-to-support-him-now-hes-blaming-them-for-gun-massacres |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Farokhmanesh |first1=Megan |title=Trump and Republicans continue to blame video games for their failures on gun control |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/5/20754793/trump-gun-control-video-games-violence-republicans-no-evidence-dayton-el-paso-texas-ohio |website=The Verge |date=August 5, 2019 |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809205658/https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/5/20754793/trump-gun-control-video-games-violence-republicans-no-evidence-dayton-el-paso-texas-ohio |url-status=live }}

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U.S. Representative Veronica Escobar, who represents El Paso in Congress, brought a town hall meeting in the city to an early close following the shooting.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/03/el-paso-walmart-shooting-rep-veronica-escobar-town-hall-cut-short/1910338001/ |title=Rep. Veronica Escobar town hall interrupted by news of El Paso, Texas, Walmart shooting |last=Rossman |first=Sean |work=USA Today |access-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803205734/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/03/el-paso-walmart-shooting-rep-veronica-escobar-town-hall-cut-short/1910338001/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Siders |first1=David |last2=Vasquez |first2=Christian |title='The numbers are going up': Unfolding El Paso massacre stuns Dem presidential forum |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/03/el-paso-shooting-orourke-1445509 |access-date=August 3, 2019 |work=Politico |date=August 3, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804050107/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/03/el-paso-shooting-orourke-1445509 |url-status=live }} Escobar later said there was also a hate epidemic, with domestic terrorism resulting from the dehumanization of others.{{cite web |last1=Francescani |first1=Chris |last2=Katersky |first2=Aaron |last3=Hoyos |first3=Joshua |last4=Hutchinson |first4=Bill |last5=Allen |first5=Karma |title=El Paso mass shooting that left 20 dead probed as 'domestic terrorism': Officials |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-el-paso-issue-report-active-shooter/story?id=64753896 |work=ABC News |access-date=August 6, 2019 |date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806011715/https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-el-paso-issue-report-active-shooter/story?id=64753896 |url-status=live }} Texas Senator Ted Cruz issued a written statement deploring "this unspeakable evil."{{cite web |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/03/el-paso-police-say-mass-shooter-active-cielo-vista-mall/ |title=Gov. Abbott: 20 dead in mass shooting at El Paso Walmart |last1=Aguilar |first1=Julián |last2=Blanchard |first2=Bobby |date=August 3, 2019 |website=The Texas Tribune |access-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218010926/https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/03/el-paso-police-say-mass-shooter-active-cielo-vista-mall/ |url-status=live }} Beto O'Rourke, a native of El Paso who represented the city in Congress from 2013 to 2019, said he was "incredibly saddened" but that "The [El Paso] community is going to stay together. Everyone's resolved to make sure this doesn't continue to happen in this country."{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/beto-orourke-gives-emotional-statement-in-response-to-el-paso-shooting-today-2019-08-03/ |title=Beto O'Rourke gives emotional statement in response to El Paso shooting |last=Segers |first=Grace |date=August 3, 2019 |work=CBS News |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805074134/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/beto-orourke-gives-emotional-statement-in-response-to-el-paso-shooting-today-2019-08-03/ |url-status=live }} Texas Governor Greg Abbott called the shooting "a heinous and senseless act of violence". Texas Senator John Cornyn said that gun violence would not be solved by focusing on law-abiding citizens.{{cite web |title=Congress rarely acts on gun control despite mass shootings |url=https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_2239c4f2561541f463b400a31ec907c6 |publisher=CNN |access-date=August 5, 2019 |date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805073842/https://m.cnn.com/en/article/h_2239c4f2561541f463b400a31ec907c6 |url-status=dead }} Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick said violent video games were partly to blame.

Members of the Democratic Party{{r|Nakamura}} criticized Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric in the wake of the shooting, including congresswoman Escobar{{r|Escobar to Trump}} and 2020 presidential candidates{{r|Baker}} O'Rourke,{{r|Baker}} Cory Booker,{{r|King}} and Joe Biden.{{r|Nakamura}} Other 2020 candidates called for political action to eliminate gun violence, including Booker, Pete Buttigieg,{{cite web |last1=Montero |first1=David |last2=Finnegan |first2=Michael |title='Keep that ... on the battlefield': Beto O'Rourke condemns access to assault weapons after El Paso shooting |url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-08-03/democratic-candidates-el-paso-shooting-beto-orourke |work=Los Angeles Times |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804021640/https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-08-03/democratic-candidates-el-paso-shooting-beto-orourke |url-status=live }} Bernie Sanders,{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/456067-2020-dems-call-for-action-after-el-paso-shooting |title=2020 Dems call for action after El Paso shooting |last1=Frazin |first1=Rachel |work=The Hill |date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804012158/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/456067-2020-dems-call-for-action-after-el-paso-shooting |url-status=live }} Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang.{{Cite web |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/andrew-yang-discusses-gun-reform-in-response-to-el-paso-dayton-shootings-65300037753 |title=Andrew Yang discusses gun reform in response to El Paso, Dayton shootings |publisher=MSNBC |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806004700/https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/andrew-yang-discusses-gun-reform-in-response-to-el-paso-dayton-shootings-65300037753 |url-status=live }} The incident also caused many celebrities and media figures to debate gun rights within the United States, with some condemning the perceived inaction of many political figures in stopping the large number of mass shootings in the country.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/celebrities-call-for-gun-control-decry-political-inaction-after-el-paso-shooting |title='Senseless and horrific': Celebrities call for gun control, decry political inaction after El Paso shooting |last=Dorman |first=Sam |date=August 3, 2019 |publisher=Fox News |access-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803234927/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/celebrities-call-for-gun-control-decry-political-inaction-after-el-paso-shooting |url-status=live }} That same evening, Moms Demand Action, which had a convention that weekend in Washington, D.C., led a march and vigil outside the White House in support of gun control in the United States and the ban of assault weapons.{{cite web |last1=Rodriguez |first1=Jeremiah |title='Moms Demand Action' group protests at White House after El Paso shooting {{!}} CTV News |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/moms-demand-action-group-protests-at-white-house-after-el-paso-shooting-1.4536197 |website=www.ctvnews.ca |date=August 4, 2019 |publisher=CTV News |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804154139/https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/moms-demand-action-group-protests-at-white-house-after-el-paso-shooting-1.4536197 |url-status=live }}

The day after the shooting, some prominent Republicans, including Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, also spoke of the need to combat white-supremacist terrorism.{{r|Baker}}{{cite news |last1=Jonsson |first1=Patrik |last2=Bruinius |first2=Harry |title=El Paso: Rising white nationalist terror leaves its calling card |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2019/0805/El-Paso-Rising-white-nationalist-terror-leaves-its-calling-card |work=The Christian Science Monitor |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=October 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128182500/https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2019/0805/El-Paso-Rising-white-nationalist-terror-leaves-its-calling-card |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Svitek |first1=Patrick |title=After El Paso shooting, some Texas Republican leaders decry 'white' terror |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/04/after-el-paso-shooting-some-texas-republican-leaders-decry-white-terro/ |work=The Texas Tribune |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=October 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125005636/https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/04/after-el-paso-shooting-some-texas-republican-leaders-decry-white-terro/ |url-status=live }} Texas senator Ted Cruz decried the shooting as a "heinous act of terrorism and white supremacy".{{r|Svitek}}{{cite news |last1=Klar |first1=Rebecca |title=Cruz: El Paso shooting an act of 'terrorism and white supremacy' |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/456118-texas-gop-senators-respond-to-el-paso-shooting |work=The Hill |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=October 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126135450/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/456118-texas-gop-senators-respond-to-el-paso-shooting |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Prokop |first1=Andrew |title=From condemning 'white terrorism' to condemning video games: Republican responses to El Paso shooting |url=https://www.vox.com/2019/8/4/20753866/el-paso-shooting-white-supremacy-video-games |work=Vox |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=October 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112021934/https://www.vox.com/2019/8/4/20753866/el-paso-shooting-white-supremacy-video-games |url-status=live }} On Twitter, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein classified the attack as "white terrorism".{{r|Collins|Jonsson}}{{cite news |last1=Frosch |first1=Dan |last2=Elinson |first2=Zusha |last3=Gurman |first3=Sadie |title=White Nationalists Pose Challenge to Investigators |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=August 5, 2019 |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/shootings-highlight-law-enforcement-challenges-to-combating-domestic-terror-11564947769 |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-date=December 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201227152805/https://www.wsj.com/articles/shootings-highlight-law-enforcement-challenges-to-combating-domestic-terror-11564947769 |url-status=live }} Many Latinos interviewed by The New York Times said they felt disturbed at becoming targets of white-nationalist violence.{{cite news |last1=Romero |first1=Simon |last2=Dickerson |first2=Caitlin |last3=Jordan |first3=Miriam |last4=Mazzei |first4=Patricia |title='It Feels Like Being Hunted': Latinos Across U.S. in Fear After El Paso Massacre |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/us/el-paso-shooting-latino-anxiety.html |work=The New York Times |date=August 6, 2019 |url-access=limited |access-date=January 1, 2020 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128065719/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/us/el-paso-shooting-latino-anxiety.html |url-status=live }}

Dan Stein, the president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), issued a statement on Twitter denouncing the shooting, with no mention of Crusius' alleged manifesto. The group regularly makes similar anti-immigration arguments to those contained in the document, prompting worries of political fallout from the shooting among FAIR and similar groups, according to David Nakamura in The Washington Post.{{r|Nakamura}} Both Stein and Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, which also advocates restrictions on immigration, dismissed any connections between Crusius' ideology and their own.{{cite news |last=Nakamura |first=David |title='It had nothing to do with us': Restrictionist groups distance themselves from accused El Paso shooter, who shared similar views on immigrants |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 10, 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/it-had-nothing-to-do-with-us-restrictionist-groups-distance-themselves-from-el-paso-shooter-who-shared-similar-views-on-immigrants/2019/08/08/c44dd7f8-b955-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html |url-access=limited |access-date=December 27, 2019 |archive-date=November 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130205958/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/it-had-nothing-to-do-with-us-restrictionist-groups-distance-themselves-from-el-paso-shooter-who-shared-similar-views-on-immigrants/2019/08/08/c44dd7f8-b955-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html |url-status=live }}

In response to the shooting, some 8chan users claimed that the shooter was "our guy". The purported manifesto of the shooter, after being deleted, was re-uploaded by some users, while others commented that it showed "zero effort", or claimed that it was fake. Following the attack, Cloudflare terminated its website security service for 8chan, commenting that "8chan has repeatedly proven itself to be a cesspool of hate".{{cite web |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/4/20754310/cloudflare-8chan-fredrick-brennan-ddos-attack |title=Cloudflare to revoke 8chan's service, opening the fringe website up for DDoS attacks |last=Kelly |first=Makena |date=August 4, 2019 |website=The Verge |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=August 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815084804/https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/4/20754310/cloudflare-8chan-fredrick-brennan-ddos-attack |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/ |title=Terminating Service for 8Chan |date=August 5, 2019 |website=The Cloudflare Blog |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805085825/https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/ |url-status=live }} The site later went dark after its server rental provider Voxility discontinued its service.{{cite news |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/5/20754943/8chan-epik-offline-voxility-service-cutoff-hate-speech-ban |title=8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service |last=Robertson |first=Adi |date=August 5, 2019 |work=The Verge |access-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808121939/https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/5/20754943/8chan-epik-offline-voxility-service-cutoff-hate-speech-ban |url-status=live }} Journalist Robert Evans has cited the shooting and the preceding Christchurch and Poway shootings as being part of a series of mass shootings driven by the "high score" culture that began with the Columbine High School massacre.

Trump visited El Paso and Dayton on August 7. The president and first lady also met with the mayors of El Paso{{cite web |url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2019/08/07/trump-visit-texas-tx-live-updates-el-paso-shooting-walmart-victims-survivors/1939339001/ |last=Borunda |first=Daniel |date=August 7, 2019 |title=Live updates: President Donald Trump leaves UMC El Paso after visit with patient families-2:53 p.m. Mayor Margo, Trump speak |work=El Paso Times |access-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808003618/https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/texasregion/2019/08/07/trump-visit-texas-tx-live-updates-el-paso-shooting-walmart-victims-survivors/1939339001/ |url-status=live }} and Dayton.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/07/trumps-ohio-visit-dayton-mayor-nan-whaley-confused-president-tweets/1946291001/ |last=Morin |first=Rebecca |date=August 7, 2019 |title='Oh well': Dayton mayor confused by Trump's criticism of how she described his visit |work=USA Today |access-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808010919/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/07/trumps-ohio-visit-dayton-mayor-nan-whaley-confused-president-tweets/1946291001/ |url-status=live }} In El Paso, protesters showed up at the site of the shooting, some claiming that Trump's attitude and statements had led to the shooting;{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/el-paso-trump-escobar.html |title=Trump Comes to Console. El Paso Says No Thanks. |last1=Romero |last2=Rojas |first1=Simon |first2=Rick |work=The New York Times |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=August 8, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808001003/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/el-paso-trump-escobar.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/opinion/el-paso-trump-racism.html |last=Parker |first=Richard |date=August 8, 2019 |url-access=limited |title=Was Trump's El Paso Visit a Turning Point? |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808101024/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/08/opinion/el-paso-trump-racism.html |url-status=live }} Two days before the visit, congresswoman Escobar said that Trump was "not welcome" in the city and declined an invitation to meet with him.{{cite news |author= |title=El Paso congresswoman Veronica Escobar to Trump: 'You are not welcome here' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/06/el-paso-congresswoman-veronica-escobar-trump-not-welcome |work=The Guardian |date=August 7, 2019 |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213025652/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/06/el-paso-congresswoman-veronica-escobar-trump-not-welcome |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Wu |first=Nicholas |title=El Paso congresswoman says Trump 'not welcome' in the city after mass shooting |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/05/el-paso-walmart-shooting-veronica-escobar-says-trump-not-welcome/1919915001/ |work=USA Today |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122112627/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/05/el-paso-walmart-shooting-veronica-escobar-says-trump-not-welcome/1919915001/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Chiu |first=Allyson |title=El Paso's congresswoman said Trump 'put the target on our back.' She's skipping his visit. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/07/escobar-trump-el-paso-visit-mass-shooting/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 7, 2019 |url-access=limited |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028224224/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08/07/escobar-trump-el-paso-visit-mass-shooting/ |url-status=live }} The White House published photos and a video of Trump's trip; in some photos, Trump was pictured smiling and giving thumbs up gestures, while the video was focused on Trump shaking hands and posing for photos.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Ashley |last2=Rucker |first2=Philip |last3=Johnson |first3=Jenna |last4=Sonmez |first4=Felicia |title=Trump attacks local leaders as he visits two cities grieving from mass shootings |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-at-beto-orourke-and-the-media-ahead-of-visits-to-el-paso-and-dayton/2019/08/07/b0aa8afc-b8fb-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 9, 2019 |date=August 8, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809003237/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-at-beto-orourke-and-the-media-ahead-of-visits-to-el-paso-and-dayton/2019/08/07/b0aa8afc-b8fb-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Self-promotion: Trump boasts of rally crowd size during hospital visit to console Texas massacre survivors |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/09/world/politics-diplomacy-world/self-promotion-trump-boasts-rally-crowd-size-hospital-visit-console-texas-massacre-survivors/ |website=Agence France Presse and Jiji Press |access-date=August 9, 2019 |date=August 9, 2019 |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808231616/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/08/09/world/politics-diplomacy-world/self-promotion-trump-boasts-rally-crowd-size-hospital-visit-console-texas-massacre-survivors/ |url-status=dead }} Trump said that he had an "amazing day" of visits, praising the "love, the respect for" him as president.{{cite news |last1=Crowley |first1=Michael |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Smith |first3=Mitch |last4=Shear |first4=Michael |title=Trump Uses a Day of Healing to Deepen the Nation's Divisions |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/politics/trump-el-paso-dayton-shootings.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 9, 2019 |date=August 7, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808224609/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/us/politics/trump-el-paso-dayton-shootings.html |url-status=live }}

Two days after the shooting, a Walmart corporate employee sent a memorandum to Walmart's entire e-commerce division, which includes thousands of employees, urging a "sick-out" strike to force the corporation to stop selling guns.{{Cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-shooting-corporate-employee-urges-strike-to-stop-gun-sales-2019-8 |title=Walmart corporate employee sends mass email urging workers to go on strike until the company stops selling guns |first=Hayley |last=Peterson |website=Business Insider |date=6 August 2019 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-date=October 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014131050/https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-shooting-corporate-employee-urges-strike-to-stop-gun-sales-2019-8 |url-status=live }} Walmart later sent out a memo instructing workers to remove signs and displays that "contain violent themes or aggressive behavior"{{cite web |last=Tyko |first=Kelly |date=8 August 2019 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2019/08/08/walmart-mass-shooting-stores-removing-violent-video-game-displays/1962146001/ |title=Walmart removing violent video game displays, signs from stores but still selling guns |work=USA Today |access-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809030953/https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2019/08/08/walmart-mass-shooting-stores-removing-violent-video-game-displays/1962146001/ |url-status=live }} and pledged $400,000 for funds that were aimed at helping the victims of the mass shooting.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kvia.com/lifestyle/money/walmart-donates-400-000-as-part-of-thoughtful-response-to-el-paso-shooting/1106941903 |title=Walmart donates $400,000 as part of 'thoughtful' response to El Paso shooting |date=August 8, 2019 |publisher=KVIA-TV |location=El Paso, Texas |archive-date=August 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809151901/https://www.kvia.com/lifestyle/money/walmart-donates-400-000-as-part-of-thoughtful-response-to-el-paso-shooting/1106941903 |url-status=dead}} On September 3, the company announced it would stop selling ammunition for handguns and assault rifles{{r|Corkery}} in the United States, as well as ask customers not to openly carry firearms into their stores.{{cite news |last1=Corkery |first1=Michael |title=Walmart to Limit Ammunition Sales and Discourage 'Open Carry' of Guns in Stores |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/business/walmart-guns-ammunition-sales.html |work=The New York Times |date=3 September 2019 |url-access=limited |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=November 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125030030/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/03/business/walmart-guns-ammunition-sales.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=D'Innocenzio |first1=Anne |title=Walmart to stop selling handgun ammunition following mass shootings |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/walmart-to-stop-selling-handgun-ammunition-following-mass-shootings |work=PBS NewsHour |agency=Associated Press |date=3 September 2019 |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026165753/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/walmart-to-stop-selling-handgun-ammunition-following-mass-shootings |url-status=live }}

File:Ondea la bandera mexicana en el memorial de El Paso.webm about the shooting and memorials]]

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador extended his condolences to the families of the victims, both Americans and Mexicans. López Obrador also criticized the "indiscriminate use of weapons" in the United States. The Mexican Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) identified the eight Mexican citizens killed, and the seven Mexican citizens wounded, in the attack.{{Cite news |url=https://newsweekespanol.com/2019/08/tiroteo-walmart-paso-texas-heridos/ |title=Ocho mexicanos murieron y siete resultaron heridos durante el tiroteo en El Paso, Texas |access-date=August 5, 2019 |language=es |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805185738/https://newsweekespanol.com/2019/08/tiroteo-walmart-paso-texas-heridos/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2019/08/walmart-tiroteo-eu-victimas/ |title=8 mexicanos murieron en el tiroteo en Walmart de El Paso, Texas |language=es |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=December 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202070029/https://www.animalpolitico.com/2019/08/walmart-tiroteo-eu-victimas/ |url-status=dead }} The Mexican victims killed in the attack came from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua City, and Torreón, Coahuila.{{Cite news |url=https://diario.mx/el-paso/juarense-resulto-herida-en-tiroteo-20190803-1546895.html |title=Juarense resultó herida en tiroteo |date=August 3, 2019 |work=El Diario de Juárez |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030215935/https://diario.mx/el-paso/juarense-resulto-herida-en-tiroteo-20190803-1546895.html |url-status=live }} One of the victims, identified only as "Rosa," who had also offered to testify, was deported on January 30, 2021, because of a minor traffic violation.{{cite news |title=Deportan a mexicana sobreviviente del tiroteo en El Paso en 2019 |url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/deportan-mexicana-sobreviviente-del-tiroteo-en-el-paso-en-2019 |access-date=January 30, 2021 |work=El Universal |date=30 January 2021 |language=es |archive-date=January 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130233754/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mundo/deportan-mexicana-sobreviviente-del-tiroteo-en-el-paso-en-2019 |url-status=live }}

Javier Corral Jurado, the governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, offered his assistance to Texas governor Greg Abbott and El Paso mayor Dee Margo, and said that Chihuahua authorities were ready to assist in any capacity if needed by the U.S. government.{{Cite news |url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/javier-corral-motivo-justifique-dolor-tiroteo-texas |title="No hay motivo que justifique el dolor", dice Javier Corral tras tiroteo en Texas |date=August 3, 2019 |work=Milenio |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127135751/https://www.milenio.com/estados/javier-corral-motivo-justifique-dolor-tiroteo-texas |url-status=live }} The Chihuahua government also directed Chihuahua residents and Mexican citizens affected by the attack to Mexico's executive committee for Victims (Spanish: Comisión Ejecutiva de Atención a Víctimas), and set up a phone line for Mexican citizens who needed assistance.{{Cite news |url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/tiroteo-walmart-paso-gobierno-chihuahua-lamenta-ataque |title=Gobierno de Chihuahua condena ataque en El Paso, Texas |date=August 3, 2019 |work=Milenio |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028105307/https://www.milenio.com/estados/tiroteo-walmart-paso-gobierno-chihuahua-lamenta-ataque |url-status=live }} The Mexican Consulate in El Paso provided consular assistance to Mexican nationals affected by the attack,{{Cite news |url=https://diario.mx/estado/ofrecen-apoyo-a-mexicanos-en-el-paso-20190803-1546846.html |title=Ofrecen apoyo a mexicanos en El Paso |date=August 3, 2019 |work=El Diario de Juárez |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912190958/https://diario.mx/estado/ofrecen-apoyo-a-mexicanos-en-el-paso-20190803-1546846.html |url-status=live }} and sent personnel to visit Mexican victims treated at the hospitals. The SRE confirmed that the consul Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de León would coordinate with El Paso and Ciudad Juárez officials.{{Cite news |url=https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/mexico/sociedad/consulado-de-mexico-busca-a-mexicanos-en-hospitales-tras-tiroteo-numero-emergencia-sre-3989371.html |title=Consulado de México busca a mexicanos en hospitales tras tiroteo |date=August 3, 2019 |work=El Sol de México |publisher=Organización Editorial Mexicana |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=October 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011151629/https://www.elsoldemexico.com.mx/mexico/sociedad/consulado-de-mexico-busca-a-mexicanos-en-hospitales-tras-tiroteo-numero-emergencia-sre-3989371.html |url-status=live }}

On August 4, Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard announced that Mexico would issue a formal charge against the suspect for terrorism against Mexican nationals should Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR) support it, and possibly request his extradition from the U.S. to Mexico to face those charges.{{cite news |title=Mexico FM says El Paso shooting 'terrorist' act |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190805-mexico-fm-says-el-paso-shooting-terrorist-act |publisher=France 24 |date=August 5, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107232905/https://www.france24.com/en/20190805-mexico-fm-says-el-paso-shooting-terrorist-act |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/tras-tiroteo-en-el-paso-mexico-podria-denunciar-por-terrorismo |title=Tras tiroteo en El Paso, México podría denunciar por terrorismo |date=August 4, 2019 |work=Milenio |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213457/https://www.milenio.com/politica/tras-tiroteo-en-el-paso-mexico-podria-denunciar-por-terrorismo |url-status=live }} If the suspect is charged with terrorism, it would be the first time in history that Mexico issues a criminal charge of this nature for a crime committed in the U.S. In addition, it would guarantee Mexico access to information about the case.{{Cite news |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/tiroteo-paso-texas-acciones-mexico-realizara |title=Éstas son las acciones que tomará México tras tiroteo en El Paso |date=August 4, 2019 |work=Milenio |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=October 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018060901/https://www.milenio.com/politica/tiroteo-paso-texas-acciones-mexico-realizara |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/amlo-government-plans-legal-action-to-protect-mexicans-after-el-paso-shooting/2019/08/04/ba284618-b6db-11e9-8e83-4e6687e99814_story.html |title=López Obrador says seven Mexicans among the dead in El Paso, plans legal action to protect Mexicans in the U.S. |last=Sheridan |first=Mary Beth |date=August 4, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 4, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804212321/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/amlo-government-plans-legal-action-to-protect-mexicans-after-el-paso-shooting/2019/08/04/ba284618-b6db-11e9-8e83-4e6687e99814_story.html |url-status=live }} Ebrard also stated that the Mexican government would remain in contact with the victims' families throughout the investigation and trial, and that they would press charges against the individual(s) or firm who sold the weapons to the suspect.{{cite news |last=Agren |first=David |title=Mexico to pursue legal action after seven citizens killed in El Paso shooting |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/04/mexico-legal-action-us-terrorism-amlo |work=The Guardian |date=August 4, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=November 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110170234/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/04/mexico-legal-action-us-terrorism-amlo |url-status=live }} Former Mexican president Felipe Calderón offered his condolences on Twitter, and also directed a message against Trump. He said that notwithstanding if the attack was confirmed to be a hate crime or not, that Trump should stop his "hate speech" and "stigmatization".{{Cite news |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/tiroteo-paso-felipe-calderon-pide-trump-frenar-discurso-odio |title=Calderón pide a Trump frenar discurso de odio tras tiroteo en El Paso |date=August 3, 2019 |work=Milenio |language=es |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013081049/https://www.milenio.com/politica/tiroteo-paso-felipe-calderon-pide-trump-frenar-discurso-odio |url-status=live }}

UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned "in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against Latinos on Saturday in the Texas city of El Paso" and called for everyone to work together to combat violence born of hate, racism and xenophobia. Recently the UN launched an action plan to "fight against discourses that incite hatred".{{Cite web |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2019/08/05/ataque-contra-latinos-en-el-paso-es-un-acto-terrorista-onu-298.html |title=Ataque contra latinos en El Paso es un "acto terrorista": ONU |first=Emir Olivares |last=Alonso |date=August 5, 2019 |website=La Jornada |access-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805183347/https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2019/08/05/ataque-contra-latinos-en-el-paso-es-un-acto-terrorista-onu-298.html |url-status=dead}}

The incident was mentioned by Pope Francis during a speech in St. Peter's Square on August 4, in which he condemned attacks on defenseless people and said he was spiritually close to the victims, the wounded, and the families affected by the attacks that had "bloodied Texas, California, and Ohio". The Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting happened in California around a week before the El Paso shooting, while the 2019 Dayton shooting occurred in Ohio less than 24 hours after.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-pope-idUSKCN1UU0BC |title=Pope condemns spate of U.S. gun violence, prays for victims |date=August 4, 2019 |work=Reuters |access-date=August 4, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805185251/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-pope-idUSKCN1UU0BC |url-status=live }}

Uruguay and Venezuela issued travel warnings to avoid certain cities in America, including Baltimore, Detroit, Albuquerque, Cleveland, Memphis, Oakland, and Buffalo and citing "proliferation of acts of violence" and "growing indiscriminate violence, mostly for hate crimes, including racism and discrimination". Both countries warned their citizens to avoid any place with large crowds, including shopping malls, festivals, and "any kind of cultural or sporting events".{{cite news |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5729942/venezuela-uruguay-us-travel-advisory/ |title=Venezuela, Uruguay warn against travel to U.S. cities following mass shootings |date=August 6, 2019 |work=Global News |access-date=August 6, 2019 |archive-date=November 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230234/https://globalnews.ca/news/5729942/venezuela-uruguay-us-travel-advisory/ |url-status=live }} Japan issued a similar travel warning, advising its citizens to pay attention to the potential for gunfire "everywhere" in the U.S., which they described as a "gun society".{{cite news |last=Parker |first=Claire |date=August 6, 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/06/gun-violence-america-prompts-growing-list-countries-issue-travel-warnings |title=Gun violence in America prompts Amnesty International and a growing list of countries to issue travel warnings |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 12, 2019 |url-access=limited |archive-date=August 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810202914/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/06/gun-violence-america-prompts-growing-list-countries-issue-travel-warnings/ |url-status=live }} President Trump threatened undefined retaliation against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/09/trump-threatens-retaliation-over-travel-warnings-against-us/1965898001/ |title=Trump threatens to retaliate against countries like Japan, Uruguay that issued travel warnings |date=August 11, 2019 |work=USA Today |author=David Jackson |access-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812035937/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/09/trump-threatens-retaliation-over-travel-warnings-against-us/1965898001/ |url-status=live }}

"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEuQSOzh58I On Guard: A Story of American Youth]"{{cite news |last1=Martinez |first1=Kiko |title=San Antonio native Allen Otto explores color guard, grief in film 'On Guard' |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/on-guard-el-paso-shooting-18192461.php |access-date=10 July 2023 |publisher=My San Antonio News |date=10 July 2023}} is 2023 documentary film directed by Allen Otto and executive produced by Jim Czarnecki. The film follows the journey of an all-female color guard team at Bel Air High School who aim to qualify for the 2020 WGI World Championships with a performance dedicated to the victims of the 2019 El Paso Shooting.{{cite news |title=Consecutive Life Sentences for 2019 Mass Shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas, Killing 23 People and Injuring 22 Others |url=https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-sentenced-90-consecutive-life-sentences-2019-mass-shooting-walmart-el-paso-texas |access-date=7 July 2023 |date=7 July 2023}}

The El Paso shooting inspired the extensive book La frontera salvaje. 200 años de fanatismo anglosajón en América latina (2021) by Jorge Majfud.{{cite book |last1=Majfud |first1=Jorge |title=La frontera salvaje: 200 años de fanatismo anglosajón en América Latina |date=December 2020|chapter-url=https://spainshobo.net/html/user_data/detalle/192009detalle.pdf|publisher=Baile del Sol |location=Jacksonville |publication-date=April 30, 2021|isbn=9788418699245 |pages=17–18 |language=es |chapter=Justificación|trans-chapter=Justification}}{{cite interview |last=Majfud |first=Jorge |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h41GJR4BoKw |title=Dr. Jorge Majfud: "The Wild Frontier," Consumerism & Slavery |date=June 17, 2021 |interviewer=Richard Eskow.|work=The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow |access-date=July 15, 2023 |archive-date=July 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715173151/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h41GJR4BoKw |url-status=live | via=YouTube}}

Crusius's likeness was used for a meme, Chudjak, a variant of the Wojak internet meme. It was initially made to mock users of the 4chan /pol/ imageboard, going by the label of "le /pol/ face".{{cite web |url=https://www.dailydot.com/memes/chudjak/ |title=The violent origins of the Chudjak meme |last=Weedston |first=Lindsey |website=The Daily Dot |date=2024-08-30 |access-date=2024-10-01}}

The Cuban American poet Richard Blanco quoted the shooting as a "catalyst" for his poem "The U.S. of Us",{{cite web | last=Garcia | first=Manny | title=Walmart shooting catalyst for 'The U.S. of Us' poem of Hispanic dreams | website=El Paso Times | date=2019-10-04 | url=https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/el-paso/2019/10/04/walmart-shooting-catalyst-the-u-s-us-poem-hispanic-dreams/3859102002/ | access-date=2025-01-19}} which is based on the text of The Star-Spangled Banner and questions the social status of Hispanics in the United States. He is quoted saying that "in the wake of the violence of the El Paso shooting, I felt an urgency to take a hard look at our place as Hispanics in the United States".

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