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Developing: The El Paso police are responding to reports of “multiple shooters” at a shopping center nyti.ms/31dQ7Tj

El Paso police have warned people to stay away from the Cielo Vista Mall, where they said they were responding to reports of "multiple shooters." Federal officials, including the FBI’s El Paso field office, have said they're responding to the scene. nyti.ms/31hIQC1

Breaking News: A shooting at a shopping center in El Paso left several people dead, the authorities said. At least one suspect was taken into custody. nyti.ms/31hIQC1

Here's where the El Paso shooting took place. This is what we know now:
– Officials said several people were injured or killed
– An El Paso Fire Department spokesman said 18 people who were wounded were taken to nearby hospitals

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We're following the El Paso shooting that left several people dead, officials said. Here's the latest. nyti.ms/31hIQC1

“One of my friends was shot. I saw another customer running out of the store with a shot in his back. I’m just shocked.”

Witnesses described a violent scene where the El Paso shooting took place. nyti.ms/2yBBcX2

A sunny day at a shopping mall complex in El Paso turned into chaos and bloodshed. “I saw people crying: children, old people, all in shock," a witness said. "I saw a baby, maybe 6 to 8 months old, with blood all over their belly." nyti.ms/31lJgaF

Breaking News: At least 18 people were killed in the El Paso shooting, a state official said. The gunman opened fire at a Walmart. nyti.ms/31fkh8Q

Update: 20 people were killed in the El Paso shooting, according to Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas. The police said that one suspect, a white male in his 20s, was in custody. nyti.ms/2yCy4Ko

Update: The El Paso police said that one suspect, a white male in his 20s from Allen, Texas, was in custody, and that the gunman had fired an AK-47-style rifle into the crowded Walmart. Officials said the gunman had surrendered to the police. nyti.ms/31djkhl

A 21-year-old gunman turned a Walmart in El Paso into a scene of chaos in an attack that left at least 20 people dead and 26 others wounded, the authorities said.

Officials said they're investigating a manifesto to determine if the gunman wrote it. nyti.ms/2yzUpYZ

19 minutes before the first 911 call alerted authorities to the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, a hate-filled, anti-immigrant manifesto appeared online. Authorities are attempting to determine whether it was written by the gunman. nyti.ms/31iQADT

Saturday’s bloodshed in Texas represented the 31st mass killing by firearms in the U.S. this year.

A mass killing is defined by the Justice Department as 3 or more killings in a single episode. nyti.ms/2yyOWlj