US authorities are investigating a 'hate-filled' online post they believe was published by the El Paso gunman
El Paso police chief Greg Allen said that in examining the document, there was"potential nexus to a hate crime".
"This is disgusting, intolerable, it's not Texan, and we are going to aggressively prosecute it both as capital of murder but also as a hate crime - which is exactly what it appears to be without having seen all the evidence yet," he said.Police officers are seen inside the Cielo Vista Mall "People were panicking and running, saying that there was a shooter," she said."They were running close to the floor, people were dropping on the floor."The couple ran through a stock room at the back of the store before sheltering with other customers in a steel container.Doctors said 23 people had been taken to hospitals.The University Medical Centre of El Paso treated 12 patients, including two who were transferred to the El Paso Children's Hospital.
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