(WBAP/KLIF) — Residents of El Paso, Texas, are remembering the lives of those lost during the Walmart Massacre four years ago. The memorial event honors the 23 people killed and dozens injured on August 3rd, 2019, when a gunman opened fire shortly after 10:30 am.
Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) is sponsoring the event, which included a procession of community members carrying large memorial crosses to represent each of the 23 people lost. Fernando García, executive director of the BNHR. said, “as we approach the fourth anniversary of this horrific, white-supremacist attack, the BNHR hopes to offer a space of community healing and resistance. We cannot forget that this massacre occurred as a result of weak gun control laws as well as the spread of hateful, white supremacist, and xenophobic rhetoric towards immigrants of color and minorities. This narrative continues to be spread in Texas and throughout our nation by extremists politicians. It is essential that we come together to denounce white supremacy, xenophobia, and the anti-immigrant agenda.”
Community and faith leaders also spoke about the lives of those lost during the program.
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