and go see, fast & furious presents, hobbs & shaw. now playing. this is cnn, breaking news. >> we continue following the breaking news, the mass shooting that played out in el paso, texas. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. welcome to viewers here in the united states and around the world. here's what wh here's what we know at this point. at least 20 people killed, 26 people hurt. some with life-threatening injuries. the alleged gunman now in police custody. and the fbi is treating this as a possible domestic terrorism case. the walmart super center, about

10:30 a.m. local time, that store was packed with local people, that's when people had to duck. they had to hide. find places to take cover. as the gunman started to open fire and you hear it here. >> >>. >> it's disturbing to watch, but here it is. [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> i know! >> help! >> hey, we need cpr. >> help! help! >> we need cpr! we need cpr. do you know cpr? we need cpr. turn him over! >> people just going about their day there, regular routines, nobody expected to be in that location, caught hiding trying to protect themselves. tabitha estrada was working at i was at work. i had to pull people into the

store. and i had a couple customers in my store. and i had to close them out the door. and i had them in the back. and i was there and i had to wait to see what happens. i department want to freak out my customers. i had to reassure them that they would be okay, too. i had family i could turn to. but they had it harder, to find their family to get to what was going on. >> a few lines on a suspected gunman. apparently from allen, texas. more than 600 miamis, 1,000 clamclo kilometers away from el paso. the document awas discovered and it peers to be an anti-government manifesto. this is the state governor. this is a mills gusgusting, not

tolerable. as a capital murder, and a hate crime. i haven't seen all of the evidence yet. i want to get ahead of the evidence. conduct like this, thoughts like this, actions like, this crimes like this, is not who accepted is. and will not be accepted there. >> ed lavandera has been on the scene in el paso, and he filed this report. >> investigators are processing the scene of the walmart. investigators are coming out of the entire parking lot and the shopping center remains locked down. the victims inside the store,

are still inside, will remain there. that's a gruesome, horrifying scene. that's happening as the investigation continues. we understand that federal investigators have opened up a domestic terrorism investigation. there's a hate crime component. local authorities here are taking the lead. everyone from local police to the governor of texas, vowing to prosecute the suspect to the full extent of the law. that means in the state of texas, this could be a case where we see the death penalty inflicted upon the suspect. there is still tense and agonizing moments for the families here. especially the family we met early today. two of her children tell us they have been trying to connect with their mother, who they last spoke to as she was in the checkout line in that walmart,

moments before the shooting erupted. they have not heard from her throughout the day. and david romero, outside of the walmart store, waiting for her nephew to come out, when she started to hear the gunshots erupt. what she saw next is something she will never forget. >> i was waiting for him to come out. it was taking too long. i heard the first one. i was like, what's going on? it was so loud. very loud. everybody dropping. that's when i ran in there, trying to. i saw him run this way so i chased him. i thought he got shot. and the baby -- my nephew, there's a baby that some man carried that got shot. the guy just gave him to the ambulance. i don't know.

>> reporter: those are the witnesses of the scene this morning. that's the moments that many survivors and witnesses are experiencing and dealing with at this very moment. there is the efforts to get informations from the victims here. here, tonight, in the overnight hours, crime scene investigators inside that walmart. that will continue through the night. ed lavandera, cnn, el paso, texas. >> reporting from ed lavandera. now, insight from josh campbell. josh also at the scene of the attack.

let's listen. >> the bureau has opened what they're calling a domestic, along with a state investigation. the state is still in charge here. the fbi has opened a concurrent case to look at the motivation of the shooter, ideology, if there's a hate crime angle to this. trying to get into the mindset of the shooter. someone who came here on the basis of hate. i was covering another mass shooting, and the fbi providing resources. i was in california last week. the fbi providing help for that. the profilers from the behavioral analysis at quantity coe. we can bet there will be a host of resources that the federal government will be bringing to bear. there's offices that are sending resources here and headquarters are standing by to deploy to this location, should they get

requests from state officials here. let's get analysis with cheryl dorsey. cheryl is a retired police sergeant and author of the book, "black and blue." thank you for joining us at this time. >> thank you for having me. >> 20 people dead and 26 others injured and the suspected gunman in history. what led to the investigation? >> they will be backtracking to sigh what led up to the posting on social media. they will try to locate victims and families. it will be a lot of behind-the-scenes work going on. i'm concerned that there's been no mention to gun reform and gun control. there's an el 11 people with a

magazine that can do this carnage. it makes no sense. >> this appears to be a hate crime. whether the suspect posted a manifesto to an online chat board. if it turns to be true, the gunman wanted people to know, the reasons, motivations, for carrying out such an attack. that's what police are looking for, i would surmise, in motivation. >> he was deliberate and determined. he drove 600 miles, from allen, texas, to el paso, texas. he picked this location with some specificity based on the types of customers that would be inthat walmart.

there's an atmosphere of ant anti-rhetoric and white nationalists to act out. there' no, sir ammunition and can hurt hundreds of people in a few seconds, how do we touch this? >> it touches on gun control and immigrati immigration. it is a tragedy, to say the very least. to your point, we believe the suspect came from outside of el paso, to carry out this attack. what does that tell you about the suspect's mindset. >> i can't speak to his mindset, because i don't know. what it tells me is that police officers act very differently, when a suspect is a white male when they look like me. this suspect was taken into

custody without ziincident, aft he shot people fatally. he's taken into custody without incident. we see officers engaging people of color. folks that look unarmed, killing him because he thinks he has a gun. and we know he has a gun and he's taken without incident. >> there's a lot of talk on social media. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> that was an interview we had earlier. there's other breaking news we are following. this time-out of the state of ohio. police in dayton say they're tracting a shooting incident. the spoke sperson for a network of hospitals there, say they are treating victims in the gr

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woke up whole this morning, with their loved ones. and when the sun sets tonight here in el paso, they'll go to bed without them. those families are broken. it's with our strength and resolve, that we can piece them back together. >> he says families are broken. what does that mean? it means they will wake up in a few hours. they wake up and their loved ones aren't there. that's what that means. you just heard from joe moody speaking about this deadly shooting. police say that 20 people were killed and 26 others injured. the walmart that you see there. the fbi says it has opened the domestic terror investigation into the shooting. authorities say a 21-year-old suspect has been detained.

that suspect could be charged with capital murder and a hate crime. one witness tells us what happened in the chaotic scene. >> in mcdonald's, what happened? i'm looking to see what's going on. more people are coming in. and i hear, boom, boom, boom. we run out of the mcdonald's out >> of an emergency door. i saw another lady shot in the head. >> shortly before the shooting, a manifesto was posted online. this was about 20 minutes before the first call to police. it said, quote, i can't wait any longer. >> right now, we have a manifesto, to this individual, that has a nexus to potential hate crime.

that indicates that it has potential of hate crime. don't mean to step on fbi's toes. we're taking this down the road, of a murder investigation, with numerous casualties. and the state of texas will be the lead prosecuting agency in this. >> let's join in with brian levin. he gave up without a shot fired. >> it matches a study that we came out with at the end of july. these kind of acts of white

spr spr supremism, which i have. it references prior acts and a book and a doctrine that's popular among white supremaci supremacists. weert seeing a reference investigation. they are trying to ascribe their own on this racist chapter of egypt. it's a new trend and it's scary, and something we've seen with young males from about 19 to 21. they are angry and frustrated. they are away from their

families. the angry fears of aggression, are regarded how subculture. this one, subsubculture. and europe being overrun by muslims. but in this world, latinos. the tree of life massacre. jews were targeted but were targeted because they wanted to help latino immigrants. >> we will bring you the updates in case we get it. thank you for your time. >> thank you, as always. keeping in mind, many people are unaccounted for after this shooting. earlier, alex spoke with the mayor of el paso, dee margot.

it's tough. >> it's extremely tough and extremely heartbreaking. what about the investigation? what are authorities telling you? what more do we know about the investigation into him and his motive? >> there isn't much to update. this gentleman -- this murderer, who came from outside of el paso. no one in el paso would have done something like this. the investigations are going through and identifying the bodies.

and they're going through normal forensic work. and the families will be notified. nothing new is happening yet. >> was the shooter -- do you know. was he known to authorities? >> i don't know that. i do not know that. he came from -- i think, allen, texas, where they said he came from. my point is, that just a real tragedy. >> can you describe the scene before the shooting? what would have been happening at walmart on a saturday morning, early august. >> just a normal saturday for people. and this tragedy struck. >> you and others have talked about how tight-knit this

community is. what has been the reaction, since the horrific massacre happened just nine hours ago? >> it's been significant. this is a generous community. it's a community that goes back 350 years. and people don't understand. there's the largest on the u.s./mexico border. there's nothing that can equate with what we have here at el paso-juarez. probably never would have occurred in el paso. >> you must be heartened to see the long lines of donors coming out to donate blood. there's been calls for people to sign up online. what can people do to help the community right now? >> the el paso donation website has set up a website. and continuing to tell people to

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two mass shootings that happened within the span of 24 hours. welcome to viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell in atlanta. the breaking news in the state of ohio. just hours ago. nine people are dead in dayton, ohio. this is after a mass shooting that happened in that city's oregon district. not to be confused with the state of oregon. the shooter has already been killed. and miami valley hospital has received 16 victims. we'll continue to track this story and bring you the latest. to el paso, texas, 20 people lost their lives saturday at a walmart supercenter, making this one of the worst mass killings in modern u.s. history.

three of those victims are mexican suspects. authorities say an anti-immigrant manifesto was published online minutes before the shooting started. 26 people were hurt. the injuries are ranging from 25 to 82 years old. two of them have life-threatening injuries. here's a look at how the tragedy unfolded. >> we're following breaking news. gunfire. lots of gunfire, in a crowded shopping center. >> we were going to walmart, as normal. normal morning. >> i came for back-to-school shopping. i needed things for school. >> at first, we didn't think anything of it. it sounded like fireworks. >> he walked in and started shooting at everybody.

>> run. >> i see a whole bunch of kids running around with their parents. i think to pick up as many kids as i can possible. >> i tried to hold to move faster. so, i left her there. and i needed to get out because the shooter was getting closer and closer. >> we have one person in custody, fatalities. >> there's a baby that one guy carried. it was awful. >> this is the most traumatic scene that i've been close the. >> we, as a state, unite in support of the victims. >> there were 20 families that woke up whole with their loved ones. and when the sun sets tonight

here in el paso, they will go to bed without them. >> i want to find my mom. somebody needs to tell me where she is. i want to know if she's dead or alive. politicians are weighing in on what happened in el paso, democrat and republican, including president trump on twitter, saying the event was tragic and an act of cowardice. el paso kacandidate may have played a role in this attack. >> yes, we've had a rise in hate crimes. every one of the last three years. we've had hate crimes every single one. during an administration, who had a president who called

mexicans, rapists and criminals. though, mexicans have committed crimes at a lower rate, he is tried to make us afraid of them. attempting to ban all muslims from this country. the mosque in texas was burned to the ground. the chants we heard in greenville, north carolina, send her back, talking about our fellow american citizens, duly elected to represent their constituents in the congress, happen to be women of color, he is a racist. and he stokes racism in this country. it doesn't just offend our sensibilities. it changes the character of this country. and there's details that we are waiting on. i'm just following the lead that i heard from tell paso police department, that they say there are strong indications that this shooter wrote the manifesto, and this was inspired by his hatred of people in this community.

>> some politicians are demanding changes to america's l laws. pete buttigieg said this was terrorism that was being supported by, quote, weak gun laws. lindsey graham said the massacre was sick and senseless and a sentiment shared by the former vice president, joe biden. here he is. >> i can say without fear of consequences. enough is enough. it's been enough for the past five years. this is a sickness. this is beyond anything that should be tolerated. >> let's talk with jaken, a political aal affairs analyst. good to have you with us. >> good morning. >> obviously, this is just a

terrible situation, we're gol l following breaking, and in el paso, ohio. speaking about what happened in el paso. we heard a moment ago from the democratic presidential candidate, beto o'rourke, pointing to rhetoric, trump, and how it plays into the extremism. >> i think it would be a mistake to look at shootings like this in isolation. the shooter posted a manifesto, referencing, among other things, the bombing and shooting in norway in 2011. these aren't cases. you can't say this is someone who committed a hate crime out of mental illness and expect that mental illness, but

case-by-case approach will stop it. this is a series of events happening within a contagion of far right terrorism. and regardless of whether you think the president's rhetoric, much of it has similar themes to the manifestos, is a direct cause or not. the question is, whether this administration will be willing to activity look into. whether he looks into an investigation to tamp down terrorism. >> to your point, investigators are trying to determine if this online posting is from the alleged shooter. of course, bringing you into speak about the political implications, we want to be careful there, as well. this is a fresh look. families are waking up in the morning without their loved ones. politics be damned, right? it's more about the victims at this point.

carefully walking into this question. this will bring up immigration and gun control. do you see this becoming a major issue in the coming days? >> it didn't help become a major issue. this is one of a series of mass shootings. gun control is half of the problem here. you see a similar state of statements from democratic capped dates. they are largely aligning the law that there should be a benign attacks. those can have some impact on the proliferation of mass shootings. it wouldn't stop it. and those that share a white nationalist philosophy, that are

willing to take lives and nervous about philosophy, adding gun control measures, even if that's feasible, we've seen attempts to be gun control in the past. nothing has come of it. if that is feasible, there's the broader question of ideology. >> you cover stories like this. and we crossed information out of dayton, ohio. nine people dead there. it's about the news and the facts for me. i don't want to put my opinions out in front of it. but it's very difficult to story these one after one and after one. we're covering another one in dayton, do you get a sense that people are feeling frustrated that there's not enough movement on the action of this front.

and do you feel there's political will to do something? >> there could be. "the onion" is posting the same article after every mass shooting. no way to prevent this from happening. i think there is a fatigue. a cynicism that creeps in. as with any major change, things seem impossible until they're not. that seems hard to do the immediate aftermath of a mass shooting or the pair of mass shootings. there has to be a level of faith that something will make a difference. the question is how long that will take and what measures will be taken eventually. what political measures and social measures will be taken to

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we continue following breaking news on two fronts here in the united states. two mass shootings in the span of 24 hours. one in texas and the most recent in dayton, ohio. to dayton, ohio, 9 people are ked, dead, 16 others injured. this is in the oregon district. that should not be confused with

the state of oregon. officials are looking into the information around it. the shooter was killed. the fbi is assisting in this investigation. police say the shooter used a long gun. officers were in the area patrolling and were able to come to the scene quickly. at this time, motive is unclear. we'll track the story and bring you developments as we confirm them here. before this in dayton, ohio, there was a shooting in el paso, texas. shootings like these have become too common. 20 people are kedead. 26 are injured. they have a 21-year-old in custody. that triggered panic at the mall. a member of the u.s. army was shopping when it started.

he heard it, he says he launched into action. >> i'm in the military. i hear a gunshot, i just -- i got my license to carry. a little kid run in and says, active footer in walmart. i got my gun out. they closed the foot locker. they were so scared, they lifted the cage. and i ran with them. i went to the parking lot. i made my way out. one of the cops thought i was one of the shooters. i am heading out. i'm shaking. it was a whole bunch of kids. i hope nothing happens to the

kids. >> every day, hundreds of mexicans cross the border into el paso to shop. this walmart was no exception. 3 of 20 people were mexican nationals, according to mexico's president. >> translator: i'm being informed that there's three people that were shot in a mall. my condolences for those americans who lost their lives. for the mexicans who lost their lives, this is an unfortunate situation. i noel paso, texas, and i know it's a peaceful place. >> we'll be right back after this. these folks don't have time to go to the post office they use stamps.com all the services of the post office only cheaper get a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale

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you're following cnn breaking news live. two scenes in the united states. two mass shootings in less than 24 hours. the last happened in dayton, ohio, where police say nine people are dead after a shooting

in that city's oregon district. that's not to be confused with the u.s. state of oregon. 16 people, we understand, were admitted to hospitals. and the shooter was also killed. authorities say this was a long gun. that comes after a shooting in el paso, texas. that shooting killing 20 people. 26 people were injured after a gunman opened fire at a walmart supercenter there. the suspect surrenered and is in custody. we're hearing from some of the people at the scene there in el paso. one woman described the pure chaos she saw as this happened. listen. >> there were a lot of people that couldn't get out of there. >> did you see people on the ground? >> yes. >> there was this man with all blood on him. he told us he actually carried a

child with him that got shot. he was all covered with blood. yeah, i did see a child got shot. and i saw bodies outside. >> you know how many bodies you saw? >> i only saw two. >> what were people saying inside? >> people were shocked. they were frozen. running away from the scene. people saying, what's going on? other people saying, my family members there. please call them. everybody sending messages on facebook, instagram. saying, be careful, don't go outside. we were helping each other. i want to thank a lady who picked us up.

me and my mother. and some walmart employees, got into their cars. and also, i want to thank them. they also helped us to get away from there in their car. >> did the killer say anything? did he say anything at all? make any movement out of the ordinary? did he look like a regular person walking in the store? >> yeah. he looked like a regular person. as an army wife, i do take care of myself and my surroundings, where everything is. you never know what could happen. he didn't say anything. he walked in and started shooting at everybody. we were hiding for ten minutes until everything was calm. and i started pushing people out of walmart.

telling him, get out, get out. >> did you see what kind of weapon he was using? >> i think it was a type of a.k. it looked like an a.k. >> like a rifle? >> yes, sir. >> like a banana clip? >> yes. that's the only thing that i saw. and i saw him that he had khaki pants with a black shirt. that's all that i saw. >> did you see him walk in? >> i didn't see him walking in. the only thing i -- the first thing i heard was the gunshots. when i turned around, to see what was going on, that's when i saw him. and i ran back with my mom and i said, let's go, let's go. and i started to help the senior citizen help her get out. and just getting people out of

there. just letting them know we need to exit out. >> that's the scene in el paso, texas, after the mass shooting that killed 20 people, 26 others injured. the suspect in custody. another mass shooting that we have to tell you about, that played out in dayton, ohio. nine people are dead after the shooting in the city's oregon district. that's different from the u.s. state of hospitals. the shooter was also killed. the attacker used a long gun and the fbi is helping in the investigation. we have a guest, with us. i'll ask my producer the name of this guest. elizabeth long, joining us in dayton, ohio. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> tell us more about what you are seeing at this point.

>> i'm a spokesperson with keterring health network. we're in the dayton area. we had nine people involved in the shooting, treated at three of our hospitals. at least two of those persons have been treated and released. >> all right. thank you for that information. and just to get a sense, right now, the sapp there -- we're seeing video there. the scene, is it active? what are police telling people? >> i have been monitoring the news, as you have. i'm actually heading to one of our hospitals and also to our network command. network operations command center. i understand there's a police

presence downtown in the oregon district. >> we appreciate you joining our show at the very end. nine people dead in the state of ohio, dayton, ohio, after another mass shooting that happened there within a span of 24 hours, from the shooting that happened in el paso, texas. i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. our coverage continues here on cnn of two mass shootings. one in el paso, texas. the other in dayton, ohio. christie paul and victor blackwell pick it up from here.

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