Photos: El Paso mass shooting being treated as ‘domestic terrorism’

What is named by the US media, Patrick Crusius a 21-year-old from Allen, Dallas open fired at a Walmart store in the Texas city of El Paso leaving 20 dead and 26 injured. While the Police are investigating whether the attack, which happened a few miles from the US-Mexico border, was a hate crime -- a document, apparently posted shortly before the attack and believed to have been written by the man, espoused white supremacist and racist views. The shooting is believed to be the eighth deadliest in modern US history, and took place in El Paso, where the majority of the population is of Hispanic descent.

Updated on: Aug 05, 2019 2:36 PM IST

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A police cordon is seen after a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. What is named by the US media, Patrick Crusius a 21-year-old from Allen, Dallas open fired at a Walmart store in the city of El Paso leaving 20 dead and 26 injured. The shooting is believed to be the eighth deadliest in modern US history, and took place in El Paso, where the majority of the population is of Hispanic descent. (Jose Luis Gonzalez / REUTERS)

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Law enforcement agencies respond to the shooter at a Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall. El Paso in West Texas, which has about 680,000 residents, sits across the border from Juarez, Mexico. The county is more than 80 percent Latino and Mexican citizens legally pass the border every day to work and shop in the US. (Joel Angel Juarez / AFP)

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The CCTV image shows the gunman identified as Patrick Crusius, as he enters the Cielo Vista Walmart store. Armed with an assault rifle, he opened fire on shoppers at a packed store. He was arrested outside the store, eight kilometres from a border checkpoint with Mexico. (KTSM 9 / AFP)

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Shoppers exit with their hands up after the mass shooting. While the Police are investigating whether the attack, which happened a few miles from the US-Mexico border, was a hate crime -- a document, apparently posted shortly before the attack and believed to have been written by the man, espoused white supremacist and racist views. (Jorge Salgado / REUTERS)

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El Paso Police Department Sgt. Robert Gomez briefs media on the shooting. Police said the attacker was charged with capital murder, meaning he could face the death penalty. (Joel Angel Juarez / AFP)

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Residents of El Paso said they were not afraid to call the shooting a white supremacist hate crime and terrorist attack against Latinos. (Mark Lambie / AP)

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Three attackers in six months allegedly posted their plans on a website called 8chan in advance. Earlier, the suspect in the massacre that left 51 Muslims dead in Christchurch, New Zealand, allegedly posted a white nationalist screed and link to his Facebook live feed on 8chan, a far-right message board and notorious bastion of hate speech. (Christian Chavez / AP)

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(L-R) El Paso Special Agent in Charge Emmerson Buie, Fire Chief Mario D’ Agostino, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Mayor Dee Margo and Police Chief Greg Allen speak during a press briefing, following a mass fatal shooting, at the El Paso Regional Communications Center in El Paso. US President Donald Trump has said “perhaps more has to be done” to prevent mass shootings following the El Paso attack. (Joel Angel Juarez / AFP)

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Donald Trump, who has made curbing illegal immigration one of the key points of his presidency, has previously made derogatory comments about Mexican migrants and has called large groups of migrants trying to reach the US an “invasion”. Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said his government planned to seek legal measures to protect Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the US. (Mario Tama / Getty Images / AFP)