Early Monday morning, one year to the day that the tragic events of August 3rd unfolded, the Grand Candela Memorial in the parking lot of the Cielo Vista Walmart hosted family, friends and employees seeking to honor the 23 victims of the shooting. The procession began early, as visitors – sometimes in pairs, some in […]Read More
As the community pauses to remember and reflect on the first anniversary of the August 3, 2019 Walmart massacre, we will share their stories and comments here. ***Remembering August 3 – Meg Juarez, Community Safety Program Supervisor for Civic Life, shares her personal story As the day approaches, I think to myself: “Wow, it’s been a […]Read More
As the one-year mark approaches, the City of El Paso, along with the County of El Paso and the El Paso United Family Resiliency Center, and many others are hosting a series of events to honor and remember the victims of the August 3 mass shooting. The community can reflect on the 1-year anniversary and […]Read More
On Monday, August 3, the one year anniversary of the Walmart massacre, Emergence Health Network is hosting “A Day of Hope and Healing” Facebook Live event. Because of the events of August 3rd and the aftermath, Emergence Health Network and its mental health professionals are reaching out to borderland residents to help them understand trauma […]Read More
Nearly three months after the shooting that took the lives of 22 shoppers and injured 26, the Cielo Vista Walmart reopened Thursday, November 14th. As members of the press and law enforcement looked on, shoppers slowly made their way into the remodeled store. Cheers could be heard from the Walmart staffers inside. Some Walmart team members […]Read More
The University of Texas at El Paso’s C.L. Sonnichsen Special Collections Department will honor the 22 people who died as a result of the mass shooting in El Paso on August 3rd at its Day of the Dead altar. “This affected so many people,” Claudia Rivers Head of Special Collections said. “We all are still […]Read More
One Fund El Paso and the National Compassion Fund have joined with agencies in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez to provide help for those applying for direct financial assistance related to the August 3 mass shooting in El Paso. Applications to One Fund El Paso may be completed online, or with the assistance of the […]Read More
The Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety will hold a hearing in El Paso to hear invited and public testimony next week. The hearing is set for Monday, October 21st at the El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center at UTEP, from 2 to 7 p.m. Residents are encouraged to attend and testify, […]Read More
Following the concluding Celebration of Mass of the Hope Border Institute’s 2019 Teach-In: Jornada por la justicia, Most Rev. Mark J. Seitz, Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso, signed and released a pastoral letter on the theme of racism and the El Paso shooting which took place on August 3rd, 2019. “The pastoral letter, entitled, […]Read More
The man accused of killing 22 people and injuring more than two dozen others in the August 3rd shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart plead not guilty at his first appearance in court Thursday afternoon. Amid the clicking shutters of cameras and the hushed whispers of those in attendance in the packed El Paso County […]Read More
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