[20] The manifesto cites the Christchurch mosque shootings earlier that year and the far-right conspiracy theory known as the Great Replacement as inspiration for the attack.

He arrived at the Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall on the east side of El Paso at around 9 a.m. Crusius entered the store and walked around for half an hour to carry out a reconnaissance of the building.

[27] Crusius first killed a woman pushing a shopping cart before shooting several people near and at a fundraising event for the El Paso Fusion girls soccer team outside the store.

Arriving there, he stopped at the left turn lane, came out of the car with his hands up and identified himself as the shooter to Texas Rangers[38] and an El Paso motorcycle officer.

[49][50][51] A 21-year-old of German and Italian descent,[52][53][54] he was last known to have lived in his family's home in Allen, Texas, in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex,[17][48][55] approximately 650 miles (1,050 km) from El Paso.

[6][70][63] The anti-Hispanic, anti-immigrant manifesto promotes the white nationalist and far-right conspiracy theory called the Great Replacement,[6][52] often attributed to the French writer Renaud Camus.

[71] While primarily focused on ethnic and racial grievances,[9] the document also expresses fears of automation's effects on employment and blames corporations for overusing natural resources.

[99] Terrorism experts, including Peter R. Neumann, cited the Great Replacement conspiracy theory as a common factor among several similar attacks.

[100] Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, said that the shooting, as part of a series of similar attacks, indicated a "global threat" of white supremacy.

[101][102] Others, including the writer Daniel Okrent, disputed the "lone wolf" idea, pointing to the ways in which technology allows those with similar violent ideologies to congregate online.

[106] Jeet Heer in The Nation described the manifesto as being based in "Malthusian fascism", a worldview in which different races vie against one another in the face of environmental crises such as global warming.

[112][113] In a later statement, Trump announced after the shootings in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio, that all US flags, both domestic and abroad, would be flown at half-staff until sunset on August 8.

[116] Within two days of the shooting, #WhiteSupremacistInChief reached the number one trend on Twitter[117] as critics pointed out that statements in the suspect's alleged manifesto mirrored comments Trump had made in the past, including references to illegal immigration as an "invasion" and telling an unspecified group of "'Progressive' Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe" to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came".

[76] Media outlets also highlighted an incident in May 2019 where an audience member at a campaign rally suggested shooting illegal migrants crossing the border, to which Trump responded with a joke,[117] saying, "only in the Panhandle you can get away with that".

[74][75][76] A statement released by former president Barack Obama stated, "We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments," which has widely been interpreted as a criticism of Trump's specific rhetoric.

[119] Members of the Democratic Party[72] criticized Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric in the wake of the shooting, including congresswoman Escobar[129] and 2020 presidential candidates[75] O'Rourke,[75] Cory Booker,[76] and Joe Biden.

[72] Other 2020 candidates called for political action to eliminate gun violence, including Booker,[124] Pete Buttigieg,[130] Bernie Sanders,[131] Elizabeth Warren,[131] and Andrew Yang.

[133] That same evening, Moms Demand Action, which had a convention that weekend in Washington, D.C., led a march and vigil outside the White House in support of gun control in the United States and the ban of assault weapons.

[134] The day after the shooting, some prominent Republicans, including Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, also spoke of the need to combat white-supremacist terrorism.

[140] Dan Stein, the president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), issued a statement on Twitter denouncing the shooting, with no mention of Crusius' alleged manifesto.

[153] Walmart later sent out a memo instructing workers to remove signs and displays that "contain violent themes or aggressive behavior"[154] and pledged $400,000 for funds that were aimed at helping the victims of the mass shooting.

[155] On September 3, the company announced it would stop selling ammunition for handguns and assault rifles[156] in the United States, as well as ask customers not to openly carry firearms into their stores.

The SRE confirmed that the consul Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de León would coordinate with El Paso and Ciudad Juárez officials.

[168][169] Ebrard also stated that the Mexican government would remain in contact with the victims' families throughout the investigation and trial, and that they would press charges against the individual(s) or firm who sold the weapons to the suspect.

[171] UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned "in the strongest terms the terrorist attack against Latinos on Saturday in the Texas city of El Paso" and called for everyone to work together to combat violence born of hate, racism and xenophobia.

Both countries warned their citizens to avoid any place with large crowds, including shopping malls, festivals, and "any kind of cultural or sporting events".

[174] Japan issued a similar travel warning, advising its citizens to pay attention to the potential for gunfire "everywhere" in the U.S., which they described as a "gun society".

[175] President Trump threatened undefined retaliation against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence.

The film follows the journey of an all-female color guard team at Bel Air High School who aim to qualify for the 2020 WGI World Championships with a performance dedicated to the victims of the 2019 El Paso Shooting.

[181] The Cuban American poet Richard Blanco quoted the shooting as a "catalyst" for his poem "The U.S. of Us",[182] which is based on the text of The Star-Spangled Banner and questions the social status of Hispanics in the United States.