El Paso, Dayton mass shootings: The latest of what we know

The death toll in the El Paso shooting increased to 22 after two of the wounded victims died at a hospital.

President Donald Trump, in an address to the nation, condemned white supremacy and racism and vowed to act “with urgent resolve," but did not propose any new gun laws.

The shooting occurred about 1 a.m. Sunday in the city’s entertainment district and lasted less than a minute, officials said, before police who heard the gunfire killed the 24-year-old gunman.

The nine dead included the gunman’s 22-year-old sister, identified as Megan Betts, 22. Six of those killed were black, three were white. The gunman, identified as Connor Betts, 24, of a Dayton suburb, was white. Officials said 27 people were wounded.

Police say they do not know if Megan Betts was an intended target and that a motive was not yet clear. The siblings had gone to Dayton’s Oregon District together before separating.

Officials say the gunman wore a mask and body armor and was armed with a .223-caliber high-capacity rifle with 100-round drum magazines.

The shooting occurred about 10:30 a.m. Saturday (11:30 a.m. EDT) at a Walmart at a sprawling shopping district in the border city. The gunfire initially left 20 people dead, including a couple shielding their two-month-old son and six Mexican nationals, and 26 wounded. Two of the wounded died Monday, bringing the death toll to 22.

The suspect, identified as Patrick Crusius, a resident of a Dallas suburb 600 miles away, surrendered.

Officials say an online screed linked to the suspect attacked immigrants and spoke of a “Hispanic invasion of Texas.”

8chan, the web site on which the screed appeared, is no longer accessible after its security provider withdrew service following the shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

Federal officials said they were treating the shooting as hate crime and a domestic terrorism case. The local prosecutor said he would seek the death penalty.

The gunman, who was dressed in dark clothing and wearing earmuff-style hearing protection, was armed with an AK-47-style assault rifle and extra magazines.

In Philly’s Latino communities, people were horrified by news of the mass shootings, and called for Latinos and their allies to come together. “As a person of color, it’s been hard over the past couple years, but as a Latina, now I feel I’m being hunted, like I literally have a target on my back,” one El Paso native in Philadelphia said.

In a scripted address to the nation, President Donald Trump called the killers “monsters," appealed for national unity and said, "Our nation must condemn bigotry, hatred and white supremacy.” The nine-minute speech marked a shift in tone from the president’s remarks on Twitter, where he lashed out against the media and claimed that news coverage has “contributed greatly to the anger and rage that has built up over many years.”

Opponents of the president in the meantime cited his anti-immigrant rhetoric as inspiring violence by white nationalists, including mass shootings.

The shootings renewed calls for federal gun control legislation, including having the U.S. Senate reconvene to take up background check legislation that has already been passed by the House of Representatives.

Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput wrote a column in which he said “...only a fool can believe that ‘gun control’ will solve the problem of mass violence.” Chaput was the leader of the Denver diocese when the Columbine High School massacre occurred.

Vigils were held Sunday night in Dayton and El Paso, as well as the Mexican city, Ciudad Juarez, across the border.