Thursday, August 29, 2019

Sunday, August 4, 2019

El Paso and Dayton, two mass shootings.

El Paso shooting being treated as domestic terrorism; police say the suspect is cooperating
The suspect, Patrick Crusius, 21, will face a possible death sentence if convicted in the shooting Saturday that left 20 dead, prosecutors said.

Their names are Andre Pablo Anchondo, 23; Jordan Anchondo, 24; Arturo Benavides, 60; Leonard Cipeda Campos, 41; Maria Flores, 77; Raul Flores, 77; Jorge Calvillo Garcia, 61; Adolfo Cerros Hernandez, 68; Alexander Gerhard Hoffman, 66; David Alvah Johnson, 63; Luis Alfonzo Juarez, 90; Maria Eugenia Legarrega Rothe, 58; Elsa Mendoza Marquez, 57; Maribel Loya, 56; Ivan Hilierto Manzano, 46; Margie Reckard, 63; Sarah Esther Regaldo Moriel, 66; Javier Rodriguez, 15; Teresa Sanchez, 82; Angelina Englisbee, 86; Juan Velazquez, 77; and Gloria Irma Marquez, 61.

Dayton, Ohio shooting: Gunman's sister among nine killed by Connor Betts
authorities released a full list of the victims Monday.


Preliminary information has been released about the victims of the mass shooting that occurred in Dayton, OH. Dayton police report that that the brother of the shooter, 22-year-old Jordan Cofer, was among the nine victims, according to the Associated Press. Authorities did not provide any information as to whether his killing was intentional on the part of the shooter, who has now been identified as 24-year-old Connor Betts, a white man from Bellbrook, OH.
Cofer was initially reported dead under a different name and gender by authorities, but a report by Splinter News revealed that Cofer preferred a different name and him/him pronouns to friends and a trusted circle. Cofer was reportedly the first victim in the shooting. There is no indication that his identity as a transgender man was a factor in his death at this time.

Cofer was a student at nearby Wright State University and was studying environmental science. He had planned to graduate in 2020, according to his Facebook page.
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Lois L. Oglesby, 27, a Black woman who was killed in the shooting, is survived by her two children, one of whom is a newborn, reports Dayton Daily News. According to close friend Derasha Merrett, Oglesby was in nursing school and looked forward toward a new career while also remaining dedicated to her children.
"She was a wonderful mother, a wonderful person," Merrett said. "I have cried so much, I can’t cry anymore.”
Jevin Lamar, a cousin to victim Thomas J. McNichols, 25, described him to The New York Times as a “a great father, a great brother — he was a protector.”
The other people who were killed in the attack were identified as: Saeed Saleh, 38, a Black male; Derrick R. Fudge, 57, a Black male; Logan Turner, 30, a white male; Nicholas P. Cumer, 25, a white male; Beatrice N. Warren-Curtis, 36, a Black female; Monica E. Brickhouse, 39, a Black female. Many of the victims were killed outside of Ned Peppers, a bar located in the Oregon District of downtown Dayton.
Though the majority of the victims were Black, Police Lt. Col Matt Carper said it was unlikely that the gunman shot the victims based on race.

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