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Details
- Mass Shooting
- Walmart Supercenter
- Municipality
- El Paso
- State
- Texas – TX
- Zip Code
- 79925
- Region
- South
- Division
- West South Central
- Incident Date
- August 3, 2019
- Venue Type
- Retail Store
- Killed
- 23
- Injured
- 23
Ranking Data
- Preventable Factors/Rankings
- Blatant Rankings - Points Doubled
- 0
- Preventable Rankings Score
- 6
- Preventable Status
- Somewhat Unpreventable
Preventable Factors
- Preventable Factor Details
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Takeaway(s):
—There needs to be a federal red flag law, or at least red flag laws in every state in the nation and those responsible with administering them need to dot all the i’s and cross all the t’s and leave no stones unturned.
—Armed personnel, good guys with guns, need to be in every venue.
Incident Preventable Factor(s):
—Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent – Behavioral Red Flag Law(s) Nonexistent:
Weeks before the Walmart Supercenter mass shooting the mother of the perpetrator called police about her concerns that her son owned an “AK” type weapon. If Texas had a red flag law, which it didn’t at the time, the police could have advised her about a legal pathway for having that gun taken away from the perpetrator. 1
Editor’s Note:
True, but just the existence of a red flag law is a long road from the court ordering that the gun be seized. Nonetheless, it’s doable so long as all the involved parties do their job and do it well.
—Venue Lacked Armed Individuals/Personnel – Venue Lacked Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security):
Once again, the effectiveness of having “Armed Individuals (Civilians)/Personnel (Military/Police/Security) present is demonstrated in this mass shooting. Case in point. The store manager witnessed the perpetrator begin firing in the parking lot prior to entering the crowded store. The store manager issued a “Code Brown,” alerting his employees about an active shooter, who then began helping customers evacuate or hide. Editor’s Note: While the action of the store manager was no doubt helpful in sparing injuries and deaths, wouldn’t it have been far more effective for him to have put a few bullets between the shoulder blades of the perpetrator before he entered the crowded store? 2
Editor’s Note:
It should be noted that this incident and the Midland–Odessa Mass Shooting, Midland–Odessa, Texas – August 31, 2019, prompted the Texas Safety Action Report.
Source(s):
1. The Editorial Board. August 8, 2019. “How ‘Red Flag’ Laws Could Have Made a Difference In Mass Shootings in El Paso and Dayton”. USA Today. Retereived May 26, 2021, from https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/08/el-paso-dayton-red-flag-laws-mass-shootings-editorials-debates/1952669001/.
2. None. Last Edited May 19, 2021. “El Paso Shooting”. Wikipedia. Retereived May 26, 2021, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_El_Paso_shooting.
Fluidity
- Criminal Case Pending?
- Civil Litigation Pending?
- Trending
- ⯅
Administrative Information
- Credible Source Inquires?
- 2
- Are Credible Source Inquires Inline Endnotes?
- Assessment Status?
- Complete
- Editorial Board Approval?
Record Information
- Last Updated
- Lexar
- Record ID
- 8
- Private ID
- AFVEUMC
- Date Recorded
- 2021-05-24 19:28:59
- Date Updated
- 2023-10-22 01:48:02
- Last Accessed
- Type Designation