El Paso Strong: A Visual Story Of How A City Came Together After Tragedy
A makeshift memorial stood for weeks behind the Walmart on Cielo Vista where 23 people were gunned down on Aug. 3, 2019.
August 3, 2020
One year after a gunman shot and killed 23 people at a Walmart in East-Central El Paso, the city continues its healing process. Strength in a time of vulnerability became the rallying cause.
The victims killed and injured in the mass shooting included U.S. and Mexican nationals in what is being called a hate crime as outlined in a manifesto, allegedly written by the shooter, Patrick Crusius. El Paso shares the border with Ciudad Juarez and on Aug. 3, 2019, both cities shared the grief consumed by the hateful act.
The following names are of the victims who lost their life after the shooting:
Andre Anchondo
Jordan Anchondo
Arturo Benavides
Leornardo Campos
Maribel Hernandez
Angelina Englisbee
Maria Flores
Raul Flores
Guillermo “Memo” Garica
Jorge Calvillo Garcia
Adolfo Cerros Hernandez
Sara Esther Regalado
Alexander Gerhard Hoffman
David Johnson
Luis Alfonso Juarez
Maria Eugenia Lagarreta Rothe
Ivan Filiberto Manzano
Elsa Mendoza Marquez
Gloria Irma Marquez
Margie Reckard
Javier Rodriguez
Teresa Sanchez De Freitas
Juan Velasquez