‘Texas mass shooting an act of cowardice’, says Donald Trump

Authorities suspect that the mass shooting was an act of hate crime.

US President Donald Trump condemned Saturday’s mass shooting at a Walmart store in Texas as an act cowardice, saying there could be no justification for the killing of innocent people.

US President Donald Trump condemned the shooting which took the lives of 20 in a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas. (AFP)

“Today’s shooting in El Paso, Texas was not only tragic, it was an act of cowardice,” Trump wrote on Twitter.

“I know that I stand with everyone in this Country to condemn today’s hateful act. There are no reasons or excuses that will ever justify killing innocent people.”