New York Post, Tuesday, August 6, 2019nypost.comDOUBLE MASSACRE: EL PASO
By ISRAEL SALAS-RODRIGUEZ
in El Paso, Texas,
and KATE SHEEHY
and LEE BROWN in New YorkLost in El Paso after a night-long
drive from his hometown across
the state, mass murderer Patrick
Crusius headed to the local Wal-
mart — where he would eventually
slaughter 22 people — and grabbed
a bite to eat, the city’s police chief
said Monday.
Police believe that Crusius, 21,
cased the store while he ate, leaving
his AK-47-assault-style rifle behind
in his dark gray Honda.
“He took about 10 to 11 hours trav-
eling from [his home in] Allen,
Texas, to El Paso” on Saturday
morning, Police Chief Greg Allen
said. “As soon as he got here, he was
lost in a neighborhood. After that,
he found his way to the Walmart
because we understand he was
hungry. That’s about as far as I can
go without getting into too much
detail.’’
Asked whether the Walmart was
already his target at that point, the
chief said, “No, he, I can’t make
comment on that directly. Again,
that’s part of the investigation.’’
The new details emerged as hos-
pital officials on Monday revealed
that two more victims had died,
bringing the death toll to 22.
Eight of those killed in the sus-
pected race-hate attack were Mexi-
can nationals, Mexico’s foreign-re-
lations secretary, Marcelo Ebrand,
said in a tweet.
The fatalities also included 13 US
citizens and a German national, Al-
len said.
Crusius has been chatty with in-
vestigators but has shown no re-
morse, authorities said.
A police official told CNN thatCrusius, who authorities believe
posted a rambling anti-immigrant
“manifesto” online 20 minutes be-
fore his attack, “had a stone-cold
look when he was arrested.”
“It was nothing short of evil,’’ the
source said. “It was a look I’d never
seen before, and I’ve been on this
force for 31 years.”
Amid the tragedy came more sto-
ries of heroism.
A man died while shielding his
loved ones, taking bullets meant forhis wife and 9-year-old grand-
daughter, according to his family.
David Johnson, 63, was killed
while his wife, Kathy, and grand-
daughter, Katie, both survived.
“He was surrounded by 3 gun
shells. That could have been 1 each
for him, my aunt, and my niece,”
Johnson’s niece, Maria Mia Mad-
era, wrote on Facebook.
“He protected them from that
murderer. And worked as a shield.
If he hadn’t have been there, theywouldn’t have made it.”
Also killed was Maria Eugenia
Legarreta Rothe — a 58-year-old
mother of four from Chihuahua,
Mexico. She was on her way to the
El Paso airport to pick up her 16-
year-old daughter when she
stopped at Walmart and was shot
dead.
Leonardo Campos, 41, had just
dropped off his dog at the groom-
ers’ before heading to Walmart,
where he was killed.
Angie Englisbee — an 86-year-
old grandmother — was also killed
at the store.
There also were new details
about the woman who died shield-
ing her 2-month-old son.
Jordan Anchondo’s husband, An-
dre, was with them and tried con-
vincing the gunman to not shoot,
Jordan’s mother, Misti Jameowski,
told The Post on Monday.
But Crusius pumped a bullet into
him — and it went through him and
into Jordan, according to Jame-
owski.
President Trump is scheduled to
visit El Paso Wednesday, said
Mayor Dee Margo.
[email protected]HUNGRY TO KILL
Stopped
to eat at
Walmart
Gaffe-prone Joe Biden ex-
pressed sympathy for the
victims of the weekend’s
mass shootings — in
“Houston” and “Michigan”
— bungling the locations of
the slaughters in El Paso,
Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.
Speaking at a fundraiser
in San Diego on Sunday, the
76-year-old Democratic
presidential hopeful talked
about the “tragic events inHouston today and also in
Michigan the day before,”
the Washington Examiner
reported on Monday, citing
pool reports of his remarks.
Last week, during the
Democratic presidential
debate, Biden flubbed the
instructions on how to do-
nate to his campaign.
“If you agree with me, go
to Joe 30330 and help me in
this fight,” the former vicepresident said in his closing
remarks on stage Wednes-
day night.
His campaign corrected
his blunder the next day,
saying Biden meant to tell
people to text 30330.
Biden wasn’t the only one
who was geographically
confused on the shootings.
President Trump mistakenly
referred to Toledo instead of
Dayton. Mark MooreBiden botches locations
A Texas teen was arrested
after his grandmother
thwarted his plan for a mass
shooting, officials said.
William Patrick Williams,
19, was charged Friday with
making false statements to a
firearms dealer after telling
his grandmother that he
bought an AK-47 rifle, accord-
ing to the US attorney for the
Northern District of Texas.
The Lubbock teen alleg-edly told his grandmother
on July 13 that he planned to
use the firearm to “shoot
up” a local hotel and then
force authorities to kill him.
Meanwhile, federal au-
thorities said they fear the
deadly weekend of mass
shootings could inspire
more massacres.
“The FBI remains con-
cerned that US-based do-
mestic violent extremistscould become inspired by
these and previous high-
profile attacks to engage in
similar acts of violence,” the
bureau said in a statement.
The FBI said the attacks
Saturday in El Paso, Texas,
and Sunday in Dayton, Ohio
“underscores the continued
threat posed by domestic
violent extremists and per-
petrators of hate crimes.”
Lee BrownGranny thwarts ‘shooting’
LIVES SNUFFED OUT: Among the 22 innocents killed in the El Paso massacre
were David Johnson (above), 63, shot as he shielded his wife, Kathy, and their 9-year-
old granddaughter; and (at left, from top) Maria Eugenia Legarreta Rothe, 58, Leo-
nardo Campos, 41, and Angie Englisbee, 86. The look on suspect Patrick Crusius’
face (top right) when he was arrested “was nothing short of evil,” a police official said.were David Johnson (above), 63, shot as he shielded his wife, Kathy, and their 9-year-Photos: Facebook face (top right) when he was arrested “was nothing short of evil,” a police official said.