Remembering August 3rd, in Memoriam

Published by Aaron Perez

8/3/2026

Image Credit: https://www.ktsm.com/news/el-paso-strong/remembering-those-we-lost-august-3/

In this day we mourn.

On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, claimed the lives of 23 people. We remember them by name and age:


Andre Pablo Anchondo, 23

Jordan Anchondo, 24

Arturo Benavidez, 60

Leonardo Cipeda Campos Jr., 41

Maribel Loya Campos, 56

María Flores, 77

Raúl Flores, 77

Jorge Calvillo García, 61

Adolfo Cerros Hernández, 68

Alexander Gerhard Hoffman, 66

David Alvah Johnson, 63

Luis Alfonzo Juarez, 90

María Eugenia Legarreta Rothe, 58

Elsa Mendoza de la Mora, 57

Ivan Filiberto Manzano, 46

Gloria Irma Márquez, 61

Margie Reckard, 63

Sara Esther Regalado Moriel, 66

Javier Amir Rodriguez, 15

Teresa Sanchez, 82

Angelina Silva Englisbee, 86

Juan de Dios Velázquez Chairez, 77

Guillermo “Memo” Garcia, 36

May their memories be a blessing

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