It was a busy, hot, Saturday morning when word started to spread about what was happening at Walmart. El Pasoans throughout the city were just starting their day or running errands. “As I made my ...
The morning of Aug. 3, 2019, started as a routine Saturday at University Medical Center of El Paso and Del Sol Medical Center. Until 10:39 a.m. That moment, where the first call came into 911 ...
By Kyle Monticone On Aug. 3, 2019, Katherine “Kat” Ramirez was supposed to be sleeping in. Her niece, Savannah Applezoller, age 10 at the time, asked if she would go with her to sell aguas ...
William Englisbee embodies the quiet strength of the city he calls home. “Every day’s a struggle,” Englisbee said at Evergreen Cemetery East, where he was paying respects to his mother. Angelina Maria Silva de Englisbee ...
El Paso Matters retraces the events of Aug. 3, 2019, through the eyes of the Walmart store manager, a surgeon, a congresswoman, the head of an El Paso nonprofit and a funeral director. Morning, Aug. ...
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By Joe Moody There isn’t an El Pasoan anywhere who can’t tell you where they were and how they felt on Aug. 3, 2019, after the massacre at the Cielo Vista Walmart. I was at ...