Officials say the shooting began with a traffic stop in which the gunman shot a state trooper. Police say the gunman acted alone and was shot to death outside a crowded movie theater.
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Criminal Justice
After West Texas shooting, Texas House Rep. says “NO” to gun restrictions
Rep. Matt Schaefer, R-Tyler, has received a wave of reactions — and criticism — following his tweets reacting to Saturday’s Permian Basin shooting.
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El Paso shooting
After the El Paso shootings, residents and officials grapple with what’s next
El Pasoans spent the week grieving — and worrying about more attacks targeting Hispanics — as politicians had varied ideas for how to prevent mass shootings in the future.
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El Paso shooting
El Paso suspect said he was targeting ‘Mexicans,’ told officers he was the shooter, police say
The suspect also confessed to carrying out the shooting rampage when he surrendered to authorities, according to police.
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El Paso shooting
None of the eight patients being treated at the hospital Trump visited in El Paso wanted to meet with him
Donald Trump visited a hospital in El Paso on Wednesday, where none of the patients being treated agreed to meet with him. “This is a very sensitive time in their lives,” said a spokesperson.
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El Paso shooting
Greg Abbott invoked mental illness after the El Paso shooting. There’s been no indication that was a factor.
A white gunman killed 22 Hispanic shoppers at an El Paso Walmart Saturday and injured more than two dozen more. Abbott and President Donald Trump were quick to highlight mental health issues.
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Politics
During Trump’s visit, El Paso residents criticized his divisiveness — and lawmakers’ inaction on gun laws
Anger and frustration about gun laws — and president’s racist language — is becoming more apparent in a city still dealing with grief from what police have said is a racially motivated massacre.
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President Trump is talking about red-flag laws. Texas lawmakers have blocked those bills in the past.
In the wake of shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, the president and Congress are discussing laws blocking access to firearms for people considered an imminent threat. But here in Texas, bills that would do that have made little traction.
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TribCast
TribCast: The El Paso aftermath and the latest on Dennis Bonnen
In this edition of the TribCast, Matthew talks to Alexa, Patrick and Cassi about the deadly shooting in El Paso, Dennis Bonnen’s trouble in the House and a wave of GOP congressional retirements.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces roundtables to explore responses to El Paso shooting
Abbott announced a similar series of roundtables after the shooting at Santa Fe High School.
