there. clearly there are a certain number of people who think that s fine because oh, he s being honest. he s being straight. but we have got to be better here than the worst part, not just of ourselves but of our leadership. bob woodward, jon meacham, susan page, thank you for being with us. joining us from el paso a member of the house judiciary committee, congresswoman veronica escobar of texas. her district includes the walmart where saturday s mass shooting took place. in fact, it is the very same one that her family often goes to. congresswoman escobar, the president is tweeting about the shootings and talking about what needs to be done with immigration reform. once again, sort of sending out signals even at this very difficult time.
everyone, andrea. el paso, one of the safest cities in america. joining me, veronica escobar, her district includes the walmart where saturday s mass shooting took place. our condolences to you, to your community, to the people in suarez across the border, because you are a closely linked two cities and two cities in pain today. we are, but i will also tell you, andrea and thank you so much for the condolences. they have been rolling in from all over the country, and we definitely have felt the love from all across the country. we send our love as well to ohio, to chicago. it s unbelievable that the horrific club of communities that have been impacted by this horror keeps growing. but, yes, we are a resilient region.
the bar behind me is where the shooting took place, or rather outside of that bar. this area has just reopened. we heard from local officials who, as you mentioned, are still searching for a motive at this point. they say it s too early to tell exactly what that motive was. they re looking into whether the sister was actually targeted. as you mentioned, she was the youngest victim, 22 years old, megan bet megan betts. we got new information about this investigation and the number of people that were treated and those still hospitalized. number one, of the 37 people that were hospitalized, 14 of those were from gunshots. the others are cuts and other minor injuries as they were running away from the scene. 11 people are still hospitalized at this point. with regards to the investigation, andrea, the gunman, according to police, had the ability to have up to 250 rounds if all they can t confirm if both his weapons were
the line. feds are looking at hate crime charges. this case could go to a grand jury next. of course, that s all happening while police continue their investigation as you mentioned, 21 people have now died in this attack. it unfolded in the walmart parking lot just behind me here in el paso. witnesses and survivors say the gunman began the blood shed in the parking lot, began to fire indiscriminately at crowds at this shopping center for back-to-school shopping and worked his way into the walmart where more people were killed. we learned from the survivors many of the victims were shot at point blank range as the suspect methodically worked here through this area. the police chief tells us that the suspect thought he would die during the shooting, but instead surrendered to officers and he was, quote, docile during that surrender, cooperative with investigators as they continue to question him and learn new details about their investigation, andrea? miguel almaguer, thank you so muc
a mass shooting that left nine people dead. as you heard now 11 people still hospitalized at this point, andrea. gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. meanwhile to el paso and miguel almaguer. one more person, one more victim has died today, the death toll now reaching 21 people and the stories of some of the heroism there, of a community pulling together as well as the personal tragedies are just overwhelming. yeah, andrea. as we learned about that 21-year-old victim that died here in this, we are learning more about the suspect, 21-year-old patrick crucias who police tell us was the lone gunman in the attack and has admitted to the crime. we now know that that gunman has faced a local magistrate judge here in el paso. the judge told us he was, quote, attentive and lucid in the hearing. he could face more charges down