At least 20 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Walmart in the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas on Saturday at 10:30 in the morning.
Police say they have 21-year-old Patrick Crusius in custody and believe his motivation for the shooting was racist in nature.
The United States Justice Department is treating this as a case of domestic terrorism. Crusius has been charged with capital murder and could receive the death penalty.
Then, shortly after midnight on Sunday, another mass shooting occured in Dayton, Ohio which claimed 9 lives.
A man who has been identified as 24-year-old Connor Betts, was armed with an assault rifle as he approached a downtown bar.
Gunfire broke out before he entered the bar, and police were quick to respond. Betts was shot and killed by police.
Among the victims of the shooting was Betts' 22-year-old sister. The shootings are the 3rd and 4th to happen in the United States in the last 7 days.
