America’s second-deadliest weekend: El Paso and Dayton death toll reaches 29

The two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio that occurred within 24 hours of each other killed at least 29 people and wounded many more, making them some of the deadliest in U.S. history.

A gunman attacked a Walmart in El Paso on Saturday, using an AK-47-style rifle and killing 20 people and more than two dozen people were injured. The vicitims’ ages ranged from two to senior-aged.

Jordan Anchondo, 25, died while shielding her 2-month-old baby from the gunfire. The baby suffered some broken bones because Anchondo fell on top of him.

El Paso Police Chief Greg Allens said the first police officer arrived on the scene within six minutes. The gunman surrendered and was arrested without incident. The state is seeking the death penalty for the suspect.

In a manifesto that was reportedly written by the El Paso shooter, he wrote how he wanted to stop the “Hispanic invasion of Texas,” and said his bigoted beliefs “predate Trump and his campaign.”

In the early morning hours on Sunday, another gunman attacked a popular bar and restaurant area in the Oregon District, killing 9 people and wounding 16 before responding police shot and killed him.

Police say the shooter used a .223 rifle and was wearing body armor during the shooting. The shooter did not have a violent criminal background, according to Dayton Daily News.

The sister of the gunman and her boyfriend were found dead in a car by Sunday afternoon.

Altogether the weekend shootings accumulated a death toll exceeded only by the Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas in 2017, which killed 58; the June 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, which killed 49; and the April 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, which killed 32.