15 TO 20 DEAD in Cielo Vista Mall Shooting!

BREAKING!

Active Shooting Stay away from Cielo Vista Mall Area. Scene is Still Active.

— EL PASO POLICE DEPT (@EPPOLICE) August 3, 2019

FoxNews reports that between 15 and 20 people were shot at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas Saturday morning, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told Fox News, while city police said one suspect was in custody.

Police responded to reports of an active shooting in the area of the Cielo Vista Mall shortly before 11 a.m. and asked people to stay clear of the active scene. El Paso Police Sgt. Enrique Carrillo told reporters shortly before 1 p.m. that one person was in custody and there was no longer an “imminent threat” to the area.

Patrick told Fox News that the suspect was a 21-year-old man. A short time later, El Paso Mayor Dee Margo tweeted that police had confirmed “several fatalities and multiple suspects in custody.” The discrepancy could not be immediately reconciled.

Fire medical with at Walmart active shooter event at Cielo Vista Mall. Police still inside. pic.twitter.com/P6zsjwVN0n

— mark lambie (@LambieMark) August 3, 2019

Patrick told Fox News that the number of people shot referred to “casualties” and not fatalities. Ryan Mielke, a spokesman for University Medical Center of El Paso, told Fox News that 11 patients were being treated at the facility’s Level 1 trauma center. A spokesperson at Del Sol Medical Center told Fox News that the hospital had received six victims in an unknown condition…