2019 El Paso Walmart mass shooting

On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart Supercenter in El Paso that killed 22 people and injured dozens more. The attack took place in a store serving shoppers near the Cielo Vista Mall and was investigated as a hate-motivated act targeting people of Mexican heritage. The alleged shooter was arrested at the scene and later charged in federal court with hate-crime and weapons offenses.