"Sad to report that the number of fatalities increased by one," the El Paso Police Department said via Twitter. "Victim passed early this morning at the hospital."
On Saturday, a gunman opened fire in a Walmart shopping centre, killing 20 people and injuring 26. The suspect, who was identified as Patrick Crusius, surrendered to police outside the store.
People hold up their phones during a prayer and candle vigil organized by the city, after a shooting left 20 people dead at the Cielo Vista Mall Wal-Mart in El Paso, Texas, on August 4, 2019
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Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that his country views the El Paso shooting as an act of terror, adding that Mexico's attorney general was considering to take a legal action to extradite the shooter.
