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El Paso mall shooting: Off-duty police officer took down suspect within minutes, chief said
[FoxNews] Authorities said the suspect who fatally shot one person and wounded three others at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, was taken down within minutes by an off-duty police officer.During a press conference Wednesday evening, El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas said an off-duty officer, who was not identified, was already at the Cielo Vista Mall when the shooting started. Pacillas said police received calls of a suspect firing off several rounds, striking at least four people, at approximately 5:05 pm and the officer took a suspect into custody by 5:08 p.m. The officer also took the suspect down without firing a shot, the police chief said. Later in the press conference, Pacillas said it is unclear at this time if the suspect fired at the off-duty officer and that investigators were only just beginning to investigate the crime scene. The police chief said officers from multiple departments, including the El Paso Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), U.S. Border Patrol and the local FBI responded to the "dynamic scene" at the mall and "quickly brought it under control." Pacillas said that based on preliminary information, the police department has two suspects in custody and repeatedly emphasized there was "no more danger" to the community. All individuals involved in the shooting are males, the police chief said, including the three victims, who remain hospitalized. When asked if the shooting was gang-related or facilitated between "two groups of people," Pacillas said the answer is not yet known. The Cielo Vista Mall remains an "active crime scene" and will continue to be locked down and secured until investigators are done processing, he said. Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-16 |
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