The man who authorities say killed 22 people at an El Paso Walmart claimed he targeted the city because, in part, he wanted distance between the target and his hometown on the other side of Texas, three sources with knowledge of the investigation say
The El Paso shooting suspect showed no remorse or regret, police say Patrick Crusius, the detained suspect in Saturday's shooting, told investigators this was one reason why he chose El Paso, the sources said. Crusius believed that if he committed the attack near his home in a suburb of Dallas, his family and acquaintances would have known that he did it, the sources said.El Paso police officials would not comment about the sources' accounts.
Read MorePolice have previously made other comments about his motivation: That the shooting appeared to be a hate crime, as investigators believe he wrote a document filled with hatred of immigrants and Latinos -- one that said he wanted to stop a"Hispanic invasion" of Texas.About 83% of El Paso's residents are Hispanic or Latino, according to the US Census Bureau.The document was published on the online messaging board 8chan about 20 minutes before the shooting, authorities said.
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