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Hundreds wait hours to donate blood in El Paso after mass shooting leaves city in mourning
Hundreds of people stood in line for hours at El Paso blood banks after police issued an urgent plea for donations following a mass shooting at a Walmart.
Twenty people were killed and more than two dozen injured in the shooting Saturday at a Walmart near Cielo Vista Mall in east El Paso, according to police and government officials. Police said the suspect used a rifle.
At a blood bank 15 minutes from Cielo Vista Mall, about 200 people waited throughout the day to donate.
Yvonne Solis, the donor recruiter at the blood bank, said enough people donated blood Saturday to save up to 600 lives, and that was only at their building.
Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article233506767.html