In a snapshot from a CCTV camera uploaded to the Internet by the KTSM television station, the young man is depicted moving towards the department store with a Kalashnikov (AK-47) in his hands and ears covered with shooting earmuffs.
Police have revealed that they identified a "hate manifesto" written by the young man, before killing 20 people and injuring 26.
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According to CNNi, officials said the 21-year-old assailant could face not only murder charges but also hate crime, a designation that refers to crimes with victims targeted because of characteristics such as race, religion or sexual orientation. their orientation.
# BREAKING Surveillance photos of El Paso Walmart shooter pic.twitter.com/DdvohmZ3oo
- Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) August 3
This is a four-page text with racist and nationalist content. In it, the perpetrator accuses Spanish-speaking and American first-generation citizens - that is, those born in the United States of immigrant parents - of "stealing" the jobs of whites and altering the country's culture.
In the text, the 21-year-old butcher talks about the "Spanish-speaking invasion" in Texas, while also referring to the massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand, which was committed by a white racist on March 15.