WATCH LIVE: A memorial is being held to mark the one-year anniversary of mass shooting at Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, that left 23 people dead.
The discount chain has hired off-duty officers to guard the store.coronavirus“I’m married. I have my family. He was still the one I called when I got sick and he’d bring me Gatorade,” said Melendez, 32."So when we get this virus that’s been all over the news — oh — my dad’s not there for me to call. It just kind of hits home a little harder.”
When Guillermo “Memo” Garcia died in April, nine months after he was shot in the Walmart parking lot while fundraising for his daughter's soccer team, he became the shooting's 23rd victim. Masked mourner s gathered in a hospital parking lot to mark his death. Melendez said her family will attend that ceremony and mark the anniversary with a dinner at her father's favorite steakhouse. Melendez said that as the anniversary of the shooting approaches, she feels the support of the city.El Paso residents describe the friendliness of the city, which has one of the lowest crime rates in the U.S. Many people have roots in both the U.S. and Mexico, frequently crossing the border. Several of those killed at the Walmart had come from Mexico to shop.
“The feeling is definitely still there, you’re more aware of the fact that you may be looked at a bit differently, that you might be targeted. That’s still there,” he said.
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