Funerals for El Paso Mass Shooting Victims Will Be Free
A non-profit organization in El Paso, Texas, has partnered with local funeral homes to provide free funerals to the 22 fatal victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in a local Walmart.
“We have 22 victims. We will be providing their funeral services, not only in the El Paso area, but we’re going to be sending the bodies once they get embalmed to Juarez, Mexico, Torreon and Chihuahua. And this is all done at no cost to the families,” Gomez said.RELATED: ‘I Keep Hearing the Screams’: Voices from a Weekend of Mass Shootings That Killed 31 People
The suspect in Saturday’s shooting, which also injured 27 people, is Patrick Crusius, 21, of Allen, Texas, a Dallas suburb more than 600 miles from El Paso. Police said the suspect drove about 10 hours to the site of the shooting and surrendered to responding police officers. Authorities have labeled the attack a hate crime and said the suspect posted a manifesto online railing against immigrants.
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