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February 16, 2023

One Killed, Three Injured Near Site of 2019 Racist Mass Shooting in El Paso, TX
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In El Paso, Texas, gunfire killed one person and injured three others
Wednesday at a shopping mall. The shooting took place at the Cielo Vista
shopping center, which is located across a large parking lot from the
Walmart where 23 people were killed in a 2019 racist shooting massacre.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 72 mass shootings
since the start of 2023 - an average of more than one per day.