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El Paso marks Walmart shooting anniversary amid pandemic

El Paso Shooting Anniversary
El Paso Shooting Anniversary
El Paso Shooting-Anniversary
Posted at 7:27 PM, Aug 02, 2020
and last updated 2020-08-02 22:27:10-04

El Paso is marking the anniversary of a shooting at a crowded Walmart by remembering the 23 people killed.

Authorities have said the gunman traveled from his home near Dallas to target Latinos in the Texas border city on Aug. 3, 2019.

Events to mark the anniversary of the shooting in the largely Hispanic city have taken on a new look amid the global pandemic: parks lit with lanterns that people can walk or drive through; private tours for victims’ families at a museum exhibit of items preserved from a makeshift memorial; and residents being asked to show support with online posts.