One person is dead and three others injured after shots were reportedly fired in El Paso’s Cielo Vista Mall Wednesday just after 5 p.m.
NPR reported that one person is in custody and ABC News pointed out that police are “looking into the possibility of a second shooter or accomplice.”
The El Paso Times observed that El Paso Police Department spokesman Sgt. Robert Gomez said there is no larger threat to the area.
Gomez said, “We don’t have any active shooters at this time. All we know right now is that it’s isolated to Cielo Vista Mall.”
KTSM noted that the shots were reported “in the food court and Dillard’s Department Store.”
No description of the possible second shooting suspect has been released.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. AWR Hawkins holds a PhD in Military History with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.
COMMENTS
Please let us know if you're having issues with commenting.