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JUST IN: Racist, anti-immigrant screed, believed to posted online by El Paso attacker, had come to attention of law enforcement around an hour or so before the attack, but the investigation to ID and find the gunman was ongoing before he could be stopped. nbcnews.to/2LZAQlE
Police chief: El Paso mass shooting attack is being investigated with a nexus to a hate crime committed by 21-year-old white male shooter; he is believed to have posted a screed online before the attack; suspect surrendered to police. nbcnews.to/2LZAQlE
Police chief: El Paso mass shooting attack is being investigated with a nexus to a hate crime committed by 21-year-old white male shooter; he is believed to have posted a screed online before the attack; suspect surrendered to police. nbcnews.to/2LZAQlE
Rep. Escobar notes that the suspected El Paso gunman is not from El Paso; came to the city where he carried out the attack.
Jim Cavanaugh: These garbage white nationalist screeds posted online are being written by cowards who then go out and kill kids and innocent people. It spreads just like with ISIS and al Qaeda. It's nothing new; just repackaged for the digital age.
Mayor Buttigieg: "Our country is under attack from white nationalist terrorism, inspiring murder on our soil and abetted by weak gun laws. If we are serious about national security, we must summon the courage to name and defeat this evil."
President Trump: "Today’s shooting in El Paso, Texas was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice. 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."
