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

By Julio Rosas

Published August 4, 2019 5:51pm ET

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America’s second-deadliest weekend: El Paso and Dayton death toll reaches 29 — Shoes are piled outside the scene of a mass shooting including Ned Peppers bar, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. | (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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.

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