had painted on the walls of an immigration rights organisation. Their son had long been a champion of
humane treatment of migrants.
On Saturday morning, they heard about the reports of an active shooter at one of the city’s Walmart stores,
and were again jolted with pain.
“We are continuing the fight,” Mr Oliver said, speaking at a vigil outside the NGO’s offices this week, that
was also addressed by former congressman Beto O’Rourke.
He said in the aftermath of mass shootings, politicians often claimed it was “not the time” to talk about gun
control out of respect to relatives of those killed and injured.
“This is the moment to talk about guns,” he said, to large applause. “We know what those families are going
through. Their lives will never be the same again, and they’re expecting you do do something about it.”
In a video message posted online, Mr Oliver doubled down on his call for residents of the city “to get mad”.
“Get out there, scream, shout, do something,” he said. “I know how game works. You have to protect your
city and your citizens. You’ve got to get angry, and not take this so easily. You’ve got to be mad and take
action.”
Over the weekend, the Olivers said their son’s memory was now linked to two places that shared a mass
shooting outrage.
“This is unbelievable. I heard that El Paso is considered one of the safest cities in the country. I heard the
same story about Parkland. They were on the same list,” Ms Oliver told the Associated Press. Her husband
said it was a “terrible coincidence”.
The mural he created features images of crying children inside window bars to create the image of cells
along with likenesses of his wife and their son. Last year, he painted a similar piece on fences in Tijuana,
Mexico.
After the shooting on Saturday, Mr Oliver made an addition to the mural in El Paso, painting the words “El
Paso no está solo”, or “El Paso is not alone”.