TX - 22 killed, 26 injured at Walmart, Cielo Vista, El Paso, 3 Aug 2019 *ARREST*

[Gardenista]

El Paso shooting victim's services moved to larger venue after husband's invite to the public

 

[imstilla.grandma]

In an interview with MSNBC, Oakley told the media that he was shopping at a Foot Locker when a child ran into the store and reported the mass shooting.

That was followed by sounds of gunfire. Oakley, who has a gun permit, drew his weapon and ran out of the store.

“I saw a whole bunch of kids running around without their parents … I tried to pick up as many as I could and bring them with me,” he told the news outlet.

Oakley took several panicked children at the mall and escorted them to police officers in the area.

“You could hear all of the chaos going around, and that’s when I did what I was trained to do,” Oakley said in an Army news story. “I quickly reacted and I thought to myself if my child were there how I would want someone else to react. I just took action and tried to get as many kids as possible.”

“I just thought about keeping them as close as I could, a couple of them were jumping out of my hands, but the ones I could keep with me, I made sure that they made it to where they needed to be,” Oakley added. “They were just scared, so I just did what I could do.”
Soldier receives ARCOM for his actions during the El Paso shooting

 

[ilovechili]

The tons of flower arrangements from around the world, I think I heard 420 from as far as Japan and New Zealand, and that was this morning, and sheer number of people planning to attend this woman's funeral at her husband's request is so heartwarming in such a incomprehensible tragedy.

It puts a face on the victims and remaining victims who lost loved ones instead of on the shooter.

The FBI is even sending a delegation. FBI agents to attend funeral of El Paso shooting victim Margie Reckard with no family nearby

RIP Margie Reckard and all of the other victims. Prayers to the family members missing you.

Jmo.

 

[CSIDreamer]

The tons of flower arrangements from around the world, I think I heard 420 from as far as Japan and New Zealand, and that was this morning, and sheer number of people planning to attend this woman's funeral at her husband's request is so heartwarming in such a incomprehensible tragedy.

It puts a face on the victims and remaining victims who lost loved ones instead of on the shooter.

The FBI is even sending a delegation. FBI agents to attend funeral of El Paso shooting victim Margie Reckard with no family nearby

RIP Margie Reckard and all of the other victims. Prayers to the family members missing you.

Jmo.

This is incredibly heartwarming and honestly touches me deeply.

 

[ilovechili]

This is incredibly heartwarming and honestly touches me deeply.

I agree. It shows there are so many at their core that are such caring people, worldwide, despite what we may feel sometimes on here reading about horrors of cases/perps and watching the daily news.

I love this story and look forward to seeing the coverage tomorrow of how many turned out.

It can't change what happened but it can show that humans, the majority hopefully, are compassionate.

Jmo.

 

[Jax49]

Man shocked as hundreds attend wife's funeral

As he walked in, Mr Basco said: "This is incredible."

About 700 people queued to pay their respects to Margie Reckard, 63, one of 22 people killed when a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store.

The line went around the church and along another road.

A husband worried few would attend an El Paso shooting victim's service. 700 strangers showed up - CNN

Antonio Basco stood in front of his wife's casket for two hours Friday hugging strangers.

The El Paso man initially thought no one would show up for his wife's visitation service. His wife, Margie Reckard, 63, was killed when a gunman opened fire at a Walmart. The couple had no relatives in the area.

 

[Jax49]

In El Paso, Hundreds Show Up to Mourn a Woman They Didn’t Know

Just about every morning for the past two weeks, Antonio Basco has risen before dawn to buy as many floral bouquets as he can fit in his car and carried them to a makeshift memorial for the victims of the mass shooting in El Paso.

He places the flowers one by one around the white wooden cross for Margie Reckard, his wife. This is his solemn ritual, born of grief and unmooring: tending Margie’s garden.

 

[Suglo]

Man shocked as hundreds attend wife's funeral



A husband worried few would attend an El Paso shooting victim's service. 700 strangers showed up - CNN

It looks like people from all over the world embraced him.

“Flowers came from all over the world
Strangers from as far away as Japan and New Zealand sent flowers, which lined the outside of the church and the front of the alter. Almost 1,000 people have donated to a G F M campaign to help Basco with expenses, raising more than $25,000.”

 

[neesaki]

Thank goodness they pulled that. What a terrible idea for a movie plot. Deliberately pitting separate factions of US society against one another. Class warfare. It's sickening that some folks only want to exploit our country's problems in order to make a buck. They aren't the only ones.

ITA, that whole idea is just sick.

 

[JerseyGirl]

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