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Death Toll From Texas Mass Shooting Rises To 21

Law enforcement agencies respond to an active shooter at a Wal-Mart near Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019. Joel Angel Juarez / AFP

 

The death toll from a mass shooting in the southern US city of El Paso, Texas, rose to 21 after one of the wounded died in hospital Monday, police said.

“Sad to report that the number of fatalities increased by one. The victim passed early this morning at the hospital,” the city’s police department said on Twitter.

AFP

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