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But as mourning flirted with anger, faith leaders, in sermons and public addresses, cautioned people to not let their emotions morph into the kind of fury that ultimately fueled the violence. “The attack happened because somebody wanted someone else to suffer,” the Rev. Benjamin Flores, a Roman Catholic priest and leader in the Diocese of El Paso, said after a prayer service on Sunday afternoon. “We cannot respond in the…

Heart-stopping video captures the moment hero cops shoot and kill Connor Betts during his murderous rampage in Dayton, Ohio — with him collapsing just steps from the front door of a packed bar. Surveillance footage shows dozens of joyful revelers, some hugging warmly, forced to suddenly flee for their lives as the masked 24-year-old starts firing his legally purchased AR-15-style rifle with magazines capable of holding at least 100 rounds…

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8chan, the website where the suspected El Paso gunman posted a hate-filled screed, was down on Monday. The site wasn’t available after its website security and network provider Cloudflare said it would no longer provide services for 8chan. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince wrote in a Monday blog post that 8chan had “proven themselves to be lawless and that lawlessness has caused multiple tragic deaths.” 8chan, the website where the suspected…

“It’s these questions that you know the answers to. I mean, connect the dots about what he’s been doing in this country. He’s not tolerating racism, he’s promoting racism. He’s not tolerating violence, he’s inciting racism and violence in this country. So you know, I just — I don’t know what kind of question that is.”  I didn’t get video, but here’s audio of the question and Beto O’Rourke’s answer….

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Before John Oliver began his regularly scheduled “dumb show” about doghouse foreclosures and turnip subsidies on Last Week Tonight, he took some time to address the shootings that have occurred in Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Tex. “When it comes to gun control, I know it can feel like it everything has been said before,” he said before going down a laughable rabbit hole of explanation. “In fact, even pointing out…

Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. The founder of 8chan, an internet messaging board that is a haven for extremist content online, is calling for the site to be shut down in the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas which left 20 people dead and dozens more injured. Fredrick Brennan, a software developer who founded the site in 2013 but cut ties with it in December,…

Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 5 Fox News Flash top headlines for August 5 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com The gunman who fatally shot nine people — including his sister — and injured more than two dozen others in Dayton, Ohio, early Sunday was reportedly suspended during his high school years for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill and a “rape…

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Annie Gowen Mark Berman Tim Craig Hannah Natanson August 4 at 9:32 PM The 21-year-old man accused of slaying 20 people in an El Paso shopping center will be treated as a domestic terrorist, authorities said Sunday, adding that they are seriously considering charging him with federal hate crimes. The suspect, Patrick Crusius, from suburban Dallas, is probably the author of a rambling, hate-filled manifesto posted on the 8chan website…

A mom of two studying to be a nurse, a graduate student learning to care for cancer survivors — and the shooter’s own sister — were among the victims of the Dayton, Ohio, massacre. Connor Betts, 24, killed nine people when he opened fire on a packed street lined with bars and restaurants around 1 a.m., including his little sister, 22-year-old Megan Betts, his youngest victim, authorities said. It is…

A controversial video of President Trump speaking at a rally in Florida in May is resurfacing on social media amid the news of two mass shootings on Saturday in Texas and Ohio. In the video, Trump is seen smiling and joking after a supporter at the rally yelled that Border Patrol should ‘shoot’ migrants at the border. The supporter’s yell was in response to Trump’s question of how to deal…

A 2-year-old victim survived a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, according to Rep. Veronica Escobar, because the child’s mother used her body as a shield. Escobar described the woman sacrificing her life on “This Week” Sunday. She was one of 20 people killed in the shooting at a Walmart. “We’ve been one of the safest communities in the nation for decades,” Escobar said. “We are a warm, loving, compassionate,…

Video Trump praises law enforcement in wake of shootings in Ohio and Texas President Trump addresses mass shootings that took place in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. President Trump on Sunday forcefully denounced two mass shootings in Ohio and Texas, saying “hate has no place in our country.” As the president spoke, top Democratic presidential candidates — including Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker — demanded Senate Majority Leader…

CLOSE CLOSE Dayton’s mayor lauded police for stopping the gunman in less than one minute. USA TODAY Police have released the names of those killed when a gunman opened fire in a popular entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing at least nine people and injuring 26 others early Sunday. The assailant was killed by officers responding to the call. The FBI has joined the investigation. Early Sunday, witnesses took to social media to report shots fired and police and…

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke believes President Donald Trump shares blame for the shooting rampage in El Paso, Texas, by repeatedly using rhetoric that “stokes racism.” O’Rourke made the comments Saturday evening after returning to his hometown of El Paso, where 20 people were killed and at least 26 others injured in a mass shooting at a shopping mall. RELATED STORY: 20 Killed In Shooting At El Paso Shopping Center…

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Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg blamed white nationalism, which he said is “condoned at the highest level of our government,” for the mass shooting in El Paso Saturday that killed 20 people. Police are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime. “There’s no question that white nationalism is condoned at the highest level of our government,” Buttigieg told Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace when asked if he thinks…