The police and FBI are investigating whether an anonymous white nationalist “manifesto”, shared on an online forum, was written by the gunman. The document claims the attack was targeted at the local Hispanic community.<\/p>\n
The Walmart, which is near the Cielo Vista Mall, was full of shoppers buying back-to-school supplies at the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump\u00a0described the attack as “an act of cowardice”.<\/a><\/p>\n “I know that I stand with everyone in this country to condemn today’s hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people,” he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n The victims have not yet been named but Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said three Mexicans were among the dead, according to Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n “We as a state unite in support of these victims and their family members,” Mr Abbott said.<\/p>\n “We must do one thing today, one thing tomorrow and each and every day after this – we must unite.”<\/p>\n El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said reports of an active shooter were received at 10:39 local time (16:39 GMT), and law enforcement officers were on the scene within six minutes.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old is the only suspect in custody and police say no officers fired their weapons while arresting him.<\/p>\n Mr Allen said the ages of victims were “numerous” as he described the situation as “horrific”.<\/p>\n El Paso Police Department had earlier tweeted that blood donations were “needed urgently”<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kianna Long said she was at the Walmart with her husband when they heard gunfire.<\/p>\n “People were panicking and running, saying that there was a shooter,” Ms Long told Reuters. “They were running close to the floor, people were dropping on the floor.”<\/p>\n Ms Long said she and her husband ran through a stock room before taking cover with other customers.<\/p>\n Another witness, Glendon Oakly, told CNN he was in a sporting goods store in the nearby shopping mall when a child ran inside “telling us there’s an active shooter at Walmart”.<\/p>\n Mr Oakly said no-one took the child’s claim seriously but just minutes later he heard two gunshots.<\/p>\n “I just thought about getting the kids out of the way,” he said.<\/p>\n The latest mass shooting has led to an outpouring of sympathy, but also fresh calls for gun control.<\/p>\n Walmart tweeted<\/a> that it was “in shock over the tragic events” and was “working closely with law enforcement”.<\/p>\n The Texas attack is the second deadly shooting to take place in a Walmart store this week, after an ex-employee of the company killed two former co-workers at a Mississipi branch on Tuesday.<\/p>\nWhat happened?<\/h2>\n
What has been the wider reaction?<\/h2>\n
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