The suspect in the deadly shooting in El Paso, Texas, has been placed on suicide watch based on the recommendation of medical staff at the jail, El Paso County Sheriff's spokeswoman Leslie Antunez told CNN on Tuesday.
The man who authorities say killed 22 people at an El Paso Walmart told police that his targets were Mexicans, according to an arrest affidavit.
The El Paso shooting suspect's mother called the Allen, Texas, Police Department weeks before the shooting because she was concerned about her son owning an "AK" type firearm, lawyers for the family confirmed to CNN.
Relatives of the suspected gunman in the shooting at an El Paso Walmart said Tuesday that he was "apparently influenced and informed by people we do not know," according to a statement released by a law firm representing the family of Patrick Crusius.
Vigils brought together a community in mourning Monday night as thousands gathered to remember those killed and wounded in a mass shooting at Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
