Two people were killed in the United States in less than 24 hours, killing 20 people on Saturday morning in El Paso, Texas, killing nine others at dawn on Sunday, Fire in Dayton, Ohio, Northwest United States.
On Saturday morning, a person was shot dead in a shopping center in El Paso, killing 20 people, including three Mexicans, who were shopping, before police stopped the suspect and put him in custody.
The police treat the shooting as a possible hate crime.
Less than 13 hours later, shooting took place in Dayton, just after 1 am, in the crowded neighborhood of bars and nightclubs, local police officer Matt Carper told the press.
"The shooter was killed, there are also nine dead, and at least 16 people have been admitted to hospital with injuries," police in Dayton later reported in Twitter.
The mayor of Dayton said the shooter was in control of the city of Ohio in the northeast of the United States after he was shot dead, killing nine people and wounding 27.
"In less than a minute, the Dayton police, who were the first to arrive at the scene, managed to control the shooter," said Nan Willie at a press conference. "Fifteen wounded people were discharged from the hospital this morning out of 27.
The suspect used an assault rifle with a high-powered server, carrying extra ammunition and wearing a bulletproof vest.
The mayor did not say whether the shooter was identified.
The victims will be honored on Sunday evening in the city of 140,000 people.
President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter on Sunday morning, "God bless the people" of the two cities, ignoring direct criticism from many Democratic candidates who blame him for escalating violence.
Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren said: "It should be said that the president is promoting racism and white supremacy." The shooting in El Paso may be motivated by racism.
"Our nation is sad and shocked by the horrific acts that have brought innocent lives to the Basu and Dayton," said Trill´s Twitter consultant Kilian Conway.
Although Trump condemned the shooting in Paso for "tragic" and "cowardly" action, Democratic candidate Peto Urok of the Baso accused him of "inciting racism in the country" through his anti-immigrant rhetoric.
The vote again prompted a better regulation of the firearms market.
"It´s really time to move and put an end to this epidemic of weapons-related violence," said Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential hopeful.
In El Paso, the gunman fired at the Walmart Commercial Center, which targets mainly Hispanics, causing 26 people, some critically.
Amateur videos showed scenes of panic, showing customers rushing away from the mall looking for a place to hide, and bodies lying on the ground.
Police put in custody the attacker, a 21-year-old white man, and opened an investigation into the possibility that the crime was motivated by "hatred." This characterization is linked to crimes that target persons because of their origins, religion and sexual orientation.
In a statement attributed to the attacker, the latter denounces the "Hispanic invasion" of Texas. He also refers to the massacre committed by a white racist in New Zealand by shooting at two synagogues in Christchurch on 15 March, killing 51 people.
El Paso, a city of 680,000 people, is located on the border opposite Mexico´s Ciudad Juáz. And 83% of its population are of Spanish origin, according to the statistics of 2018. The rate of killings during the last five years in El Paso 18 crimes per year, a rate much lower than other US cities the same size El Paso.
Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was "a spiritual relative of the victims of the violence that has ravaged these days Texas ... and Ohio, the plight of innocent people in the United States."
Similar shootings occur frequently in the United States, where they carry legal weapons, including schools, places of worship, work, entertainment and shops.
