'I can't bring myself to kill my fellow Americans': El Paso Walmart shooter, 21, targeted Hispanics to 'remove the threat' of immigrant voters

Walmart gunman Patrick Crusius, 21, who went on 20-minute shooting spree with an AK-47 in El Paso, killing at least 20 and wounding 26

• Patrick Crusius, 21, is believed to be the man who opened fire on the Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday 
• Less than 20 minutes before the shooting that left 20 dead and 26 injured, Crusius allegedly uploaded a twisted and seething anti-immigrant manifesto to an online forum outlining his sickening motives 
• The 2,300 word screed titled 'The Inconvenient Truth' speaks of a perceived 'Hispanic invasion of Texas' and a belief that white people will soon be 'ethnically replaced' 
• Crusius writes that he will target Hispanics in the shooting because they 'will take control of the local and state government of my beloved Texas' in a 'political coup which will hasten the destruction of our country'
• He said he expected the media to blame the attack on President Donald Trump, noting: 'This is not the case' 
• 'My ideology has not changed for several years. My opinions... predate Trump and his campaign,' he wrote 
• Authorities are calling the attack an act of domestic terrorism and are considering hate crime charges 
• The El Paso District Attorney's Office said Sunday it will seek the death penalty against Crusius
• Crusius reportedly grew up 650 miles from the shooting site in Allen, a wealthy, mostly-white suburb of Dallas
• A neighbor said he was 'very much a loner, very stand-offish' and 'didn't interact a whole lot with anyone'
• A former classmate said of Crusius: 'He wouldn't talk to people. No one really knew him'
• Another peer from Plano Senior High said Crusius was 'very strong-minded' and would try to 'take charge' of other students, but many refused to work with him because he was 'irritable and had a short temper'
• He said Crusius was bullied relentlessly for how he spoke and the fact that his clothes looked second-hand

Patrick Crusius allegedly confessed to opening fire on a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday afternoon, killing 20 people and injuring 26 more. The 21-year-old from Allen, a Dallas suburb, has been described as a short-tempered 'loner' with long-held animosity toward Mexican immigrants. The FBI released the photo above on Sunday

The 21-year-old college student accused of killing 20 and injuring 26 more at a Walmart in El Paso has been described by those who knew him as a short-tempered 'loner' with long-held animosity toward Mexican immigrants.   

Patrick Crusius is believed to be the man who opened fire on the Walmart at the Cielo Vista Mall, a popular shopping destination for people both sides of the US-Mexico border, on Saturday afternoon. 

Authorities are calling the attack an act of domestic terrorism and are considering hate crime charges against Crusius. The El Paso District Attorney's Office said Sunday it will seek the death penalty. 

Less than 20 minutes before the shooting, Crusius allegedly uploaded a twisted and seething anti-immigrant manifesto to an online forum outlining his sickening motives. 

The 2,300-word document titled 'The Inconvenient Truth', attributed to the author P._Crusius on one website, opens with the declaration: 'This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas. They are the instigators, not me. I am simply defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion.' 

Crusius revealed that he intended to target Hispanics in the shooting because they 'will take control of the local and state government of my beloved Texas' in a 'political coup which will hasten the destruction of our country'.

At the end of the document he writes that he expects the media to blame President Donald Trump and his rhetoric for the attack, noting: 'This is not the case.' 

'My ideology has not changed for several years. My opinions... predate Trump and his campaign for president,' he writes. 

Crusius also wrote that he expected to be killed in a confrontation with police or with one of the 'invaders', and that he would rather die than be taken into custody.  

Crusius is allegedly the man seen in surveillance footage walking into the Walmart wielding an AK-47 assault rifle

Jordan Anchondo, 25, was shot dead while shielding her two-month-old son from gunfire during a massacre at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. Anchondo's sister said she fears her brother-in-law Andre Anchondo was also among the dead because she hasn't heard from him since the attack. The couple are seen (right) in a wedding photo from a year ago

Crusius reportedly grew up 650 miles east of the shooting site in Allen, a wealthy and mostly-white suburb of Dallas. Police were seem swarming a home believed to belong to him in the wake of the shooting. 

A former neighbor of Crusius, Leigh Ann Locascio, said he was 'very much a loner, very stand-offish' and 'didn't interact a whole lot with anyone', according to the Los Angeles Times.

Locascio, whose son Tony used to walk to school with Crusius and his sister, said the alleged shooter typically walked ahead or behind them, uninterested in interacting.   

'He wouldn't talk to people. No one really knew him,' Tony Locascio said. He recalled that Crusius liked animals and kept pet snakes.  

Crusius briefly attended Liberty High School in Frisco and went on to graduate from Plano Senior High School. He enrolled at Collin College, a community college in McKinney, in 2017. 

Former classmate Jacob Wilson said Crusius was 'very strong-minded' during high school and would try to 'take charge' of other students, but many refused to work with him because he was 'irritable and had a short temper'. He also allegedly spoke negatively of classmates who played sports or were in the school band.  

Wilson said Crusius was bullied relentlessly by peers who targeted how he spoke and the fact that his clothes looked like hand-me-downs.  

'Every time I looked up in class it was someone new speaking negatively to the kid, 'Patrick that is dumb, stupid,'' Wilson said. 

Daniel Heo of Plano, Texas, had a very different recollection of Crusius, whom he attended Beverly Elementary School with. 

Heo said he remembers playing basketball and soccer with Crusius during recess, but they fell out of touch after elementary school.   

He told The Times he hadn't thought about Crusius in years until a friend texted him about the El Paso shooting and said his former classmate was a suspect.  

'I'm shocked. I remember him being a nice kid,' Heo said. 

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Multiple people killed after gunmen armed with assault rifles open fire at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, sending panicked shoppers fleeing before SWAT respond and take a suspect into custody

• • Law enforcement sources said the suspect is Patrick Crusius, 21, of Dallas, Texas
  • Surveillance footage shows an image of the gunman walking through front entrance of Walmart
  • The shooting took place at the Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas on Saturday
  • At least 20 people have been killed and at least 26 others, including two children, were wounded 
  • The gunman, wearing ear defenders and cargo pants, first opened fire in the parking lot outside the store 
  • He then walked inside the store in a calm and confident state, as if he was 'on a mission', a witness said  
  • Law enforcement are in possession of a manifesto written by the suspect, showing a 'nexus' to a hate crime 
  • Reports on social media indicate that a manifesto written by the alleged shooter cited a 'Hispanic invasion of Texas' as the motive behind the massacre 
  • Witnesses posted video on social media showing panicked shoppers fleeing during the shooting 

Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old man from Allen, Texas was arrested at the scene. He would later go on to tell investigators he wanted to shoot as many Mexicans as possible in the massacre

At least 20 people have been killed and 26 others wounded in the deadliest mass shooting in the US this year, after a white gunman opened fire inside an El Paso Walmart on Saturday minutes after posting an 'anti-immigrant' manifesto online.

One suspect was taken into custody at the scene 'without incident'. He has tentatively been identified as Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old man from Allen, Texas, a town 30 minutes outside of Dallas. 

Crusius is allegedly the man seen in surveillance footage walking in through the front entrance of the Cielo Vista Mall Walmart with an AK47-styled assault rifle. 

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• El Paso mayor's office confirms multiple fatalities in shooting inside Walmart 
• El Paso Mayor Dee Margo said three suspects are currently in custody
• Shooting reported at a Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas 
• A local NBC affiliate is reporting that at least 18 people were shot 
• A number of local businesses were reportedly in lock down 
• 'We have multiple reports of multiple shooters,' El Paso police tweeted on Saturday
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El Paso officials say 'multiple' people were killed on Saturday after a gunman reportedly opened fire inside a local Walmart.

One suspect is in custody. 

El Paso Mayor Dee Margo confirmed that there were multiple fatalities. 

'Scene is still Active,' El Paso police tweeted earlier on Saturday. 

People are seen evacuating Texas mall after reports of active shooter