From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro. This is The Daily.

In two days, in two cities, two mass shootings have left at least 29 people dead.

Two stories from one of those shootings.

It's Monday, August 5th.

Simone, tell me about this Walmart in Opazo, Texas.

Well, this Walmart is not only one of the busiest of the more than 4,000 stores that Walmart operates

in the United States, but it's one of the 10 busiest stores anywhere in the country,

of any retailer.

Simone Romero is a national correspondent for the Times. I reached him in Opazo.

It's located just minutes from the border with Mexico, so that means that it receives a great

deal of foot traffic from people who are crossing the bridge from Suápwata into El Paso.

It really caters to the predominantly Hispanic population in El Paso. Of course, the shoppers

who are coming from the other side. There are Mexican soccer jerseys for sale, for instance,

almost the entire staff at the Walmart is bilingual. The pharmacy staff, their experts in pharmaceutical

language and Spanish and all the terminology that they need. It's really a well-known location in El Paso.

And this was the store that the shooter walked into on Saturday morning.

My name is Sergeant Robert Gomez. I'm the public information officer with the Opazo Police

Department. Like we said earlier, we were going to be giving you briefs throughout the day to give

you information as it develops. The estimates of the shoppers at Walmart were between 1,000 and

3,000 with 100 employees present. It is back to school and the Walmart was at capacity when the

shootings occurred. Families from both sides of the border from both to El Paso were in there

especially to buy school supplies for the upcoming school year which is starting on both sides of

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