'This is needless. There are families in tears, weeping right now. And it did not have to be this way,' congresswoman Veronica Escobar said.
Texas congresswoman Veronica Escobar on Saturday called for action after a mass shooting in El Paso on Saturday left 20 dead and 26 others injured.
"This was a massacre," Escobar continued."We're all just trying to piece together what is unfolding in our community. It is unfathomable." When asked"what can be done to stop this," Escobar firmly declared that action has to be taken."We have the solutions," she said."They are right in front of us. What we need is the will to act as a country. And we have to at some point say that enough is enough. And we have to ask ourselves, how many more wake up calls does this country need?"
, according to several news outlets. At around 10 a.m. local time, authorities responded to an active shooter alert, El Paso Police Sgt. Robert Gomez said at a news conference, after a gunman reportedly walked inside a Walmart and opened fire, causing numerous fatalities., Walmart spokesperson Randy Hargrove offered condolences to the victims' families and revealed that the company are currently working with law enforcement officials.
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