--- description: Gunman Opens Fire on VA Clinic in El Paso, Texas Killing One title: Gunman Opens Fire on El Paso VA Clinic image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcb4704cb754a2c8/6987787b3c16391643451016/army-hospital-shooter_camp.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gunman Opens Fire on VA Clinic in El Paso by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2015 3:26 AM CUT  Police officers guard an entrance to the Beaumont Army Medical Center/El Paso VA campus during the search for a gunman Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015 Police officers guard an entrance to the Beaumont Army Medical Center/El Paso VA campus during the search for a gunman Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015Victor Calzada—AP by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 7, 2015 3:26 AM CUT Two people are dead and one injured after an unidentified gunman went on a shooting spree at a Veterans Affairs health clinic in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday afternoon. The gunman reportedly opened fire at the medical center around 3:10 pm local time. The shooter and one victim were later killed during the melee. However, officials have not confirmed whether responding officers killed the gunman, [according](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/37e133a5ace74f13a4ad4c1d68f1dd41/active-shooter-reported-el-paso-military-hospital "undefined") to the Associated Press. A doctor at the clinic was also injured during the incident, according to a local FOX affiliate. The identities of the shooter and victims have not been released nor have authorities commented publicly about the possible motive behind the deadly attack. \[[_KFOX 14_](http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/BREAKING-EPPD-assisting-Fort-Bliss-over-reports-of-active-shooter-at-WBAMC-67279.shtml#.VKybaGSUewk "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3657059/gunman-el-paso-texas-va-health-clinic-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3657059/gunman-el-paso-texas-va-health-clinic-shooting/"},"headline":"Gunman Opens Fire on VA Clinic in El Paso","datePublished":"2015-01-07T03:26:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:21:09.834Z","description":"Officials say one doctor was injured and two people were killed during the incident","url":"https://time.com/3657059/gunman-el-paso-texas-va-health-clinic-shooting/","keywords":["Texas","Crime","violence","U.S.","shooting"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcb4704cb754a2c8/6987787b3c16391643451016/army-hospital-shooter_camp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbcb4704cb754a2c8/6987787b3c16391643451016/army-hospital-shooter_camp.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Army Hospital Shooter Reported","caption":"Army Hospital Shooter Reported","creditText":"Victor Calzada—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3657059/gunman-el-paso-texas-va-health-clinic-shooting/","name":"Gunman Opens Fire on VA Clinic in El Paso"}}]}] ```