He entered the armed Texas supermarket and set off a bloodbath: at least 20 dead | Chronic

At least 20 people died and 40 were injured by gunfire shot by a man in a supermarket in El Paso, Texas, United States, in a shootout that the president Donald Trump qualified as "terrible"Police sources reported.

A 21-year-old man was arrested for the fact, confirmed the deputy governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, on Fox News television, according to the press agency Europa Press. Police sources quoted by US media have identified the suspect as being Patrick Wood Crusius, from Dallas, Texas.

Local media carried the death toll to 22 and said there were four children among them, said the ANSA agency. Among the wounded, nine of whom are in critical condition this afternoon, there are at least two children, a spokesman for the Del Sol sanatorium told CBS TV.

The local television channel KTSM – a subsidiary of NBC News – presented a video in which the alleged perpetrator of the mbadacre entered the mall dressed in a black shirt and shorts, with a hearing protector and an badault rifle. ABC stated that the witnesses confirmed that these images correspond to what they observed.

The incident began around 11 am (13 in Argentina), when the police of El Paso received the warning to intervene outside the Cielo Vista shopping center.

According to preliminary information, the incident was reportedly caused by at least one armed man who allegedly shot at the Walmart supermarket branch located in this mall, reported the ANSA agency.

An hour and a half later, the police warned the citizens of Twitter to stay away as the scene was "always active"And the shooting continued"In progress"

More than four hours later, the municipal police estimated that the situation was "provisionally controlled"And was investigating whether anyone else was involved in the shooting," said the force spokesman, the sergeant Robert Gomez, at a press conference.

Gomez did not provide details on the evolution of the incident nor on the number of casualties and only stated that there wasseveral deceased"And"several injured", According to EFE.