Here's what we know about the 20 victims slain in a mass shooting in El Paso on Saturday:
The 20 people slain in a mass shooting in the Texas border city of El Paso on Saturday included citizens of the U.S. and Mexico alike. Among the victims were an Army veteran shopping with his wife, a young mother protecting her 2-month-old son and a 15-year-old high school student.
“It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of our loved one Arturo Benavides,” the family said on a memorial posted Sunday on GoFundMe. “He was an amazing husband, son, brother, godfather and uncle.” Standing outside the house on a muggy, hot Sunday afternoon as family and neighbors streamed in to provide food and emotional support, his nephew, Ruben Rojas, said Benavides was “easygoing,” and a good Catholic who went to Mass at St. Pius X and enjoyed watching sports.Benavides, he said, had a strong proclivity toward the Dallas Cowboys.Another nephew, Jimmy Cervantes, who runs a body mechanic shop in El Paso, said he spent time with Benavides two or three times a week on work trips to Ft.
“From the baby’s injuries, they said that more than likely my sister was trying to shield him,” Jamrowski said. “So when she got shot she was holding him and she fell on him, so that’s why he broke some of his bones. So he pretty much lived because she gave her life.”A 15-year-old high school student and avid soccer player, Javier Amir Rodriguez was among the deceased, his aunt, Elvira Rodriguez, said Sunday on Facebook.
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