--- title: El Paso Walmart: Police Shooting Reported description: A police shooting outside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas left shoppers stuck inside, weeks after a mass shooting at another El Paso Walmart. canonical: https://time.com/5709122/el-paso-walmart-police-shooting/ author: Michael Zennie article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-24T07:50:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T21:00:16.000Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Police Shooting Outside El Paso Walmart Leaves Shoppers Stuck in Store og:description: It comes months after a mass shooting at another El Paso Walmart left 22 dead og:url: https://time.com/5709122/el-paso-walmart-police-shooting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04d73d6b3c097e6b/698a04b6929fad2a65bf51ce/police-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2066 og:image:height: 1162 og:image:alt: crime-scene-tape og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Police Shooting Outside El Paso Walmart Leaves Shoppers Stuck in Store twitter:description: It comes months after a mass shooting at another El Paso Walmart left 22 dead twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt04d73d6b3c097e6b/698a04b6929fad2a65bf51ce/police-tape.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:44 video:published: 2019-10-24 section: world topics: police shooting, car theft, El Paso Texas, Walmart parking lot, officer injuries, store lockdown, vehicle impoundment, police investigation genre: news report tones: serious, factual, urgent emotions: concern (medium), tension (high), sadness (low) sentiment: negative audience: general news readers, Texas residents, local community members, police and public safety followers organizations: El Paso Police, Walmart content_suitability: violence [00:00-00:27]; death [00:00-00:27]; crime [00:06-00:22]; tragedy [00:00-00:27] transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Police Shooting Outside El Paso Walmart Leaves Shoppers Stuck in Store and Suspected Car Thief Dead > Sponsored content. 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A police shooting outside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas on Wednesday night left shoppers stuck inside the store and a suspected car thief dead._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary A police shooting in the parking lot of a Walmart in El Paso, Texas left a suspected car thief dead after officers were informed of a possible stolen vehicle. Police say the driver attempted to flee and officers were dragged, and both officers were treated at a nearby hospital. Shoppers were kept inside the store, and police say their cars cannot be removed from the lot. Police also say the scene will stay closed until late Thursday. ## Key points - Two officers were informed of a possible stolen vehicle before approaching it at the Walmart. (00:06) - Police say the officers approached the vehicle and made contact with the driver. (00:13) - Police say the driver attempted to flee and officers were dragged. (00:18) - One officer shot and killed the driver. (00:22) - Both officers had their injuries treated at a nearby hospital. (00:22) - Shoppers were kept inside the store when the shooting occurred. (00:27) - Police said shoppers' families would need to pick them up because their cars could not be removed from the parking lot. (00:27) - Police said the scene would remain closed until late Thursday and customers would be told when they could pick up their cars. (00:36) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:27] Police shooting and events leading to it. Police describe how officers approached a suspected stolen vehicle, the driver fled, and one officer shot the driver. - [00:27 to 00:44] Shoppers stranded and scene closure. Shoppers were kept inside the store and police said cars would remain in the lot until the scene reopens. ## Key quotes - [00:13] A police tweet: "the officers approached the vehicle and made contact with the driver." - [00:18] Police: "The driver attempted to flee and officers were dragged." - [00:27] Police: "their families would need to pick them up because their cars could not be removed from the parking lot." ## Questions this video answers - What led police to approach the vehicle at the Walmart? [00:06] - What happened when officers made contact with the driver? [00:13] - Who was killed in the police shooting? [00:22] - What happened to the officers after the shooting? [00:22] - Why were shoppers unable to leave in their own cars? [00:27] ## Content suitability - violence [00:00-00:27]: Police use of deadly force during a confrontation in a parking lot. - death [00:00-00:27]: A suspected car thief is killed in the police shooting. - crime [00:06-00:22]: Suspected vehicle theft and the driver fleeing police. - tragedy [00:00-00:27]: Fatal shooting with officers and a suspect injured and a community affected.  by [Michael Zennie](https://time.com/author/michael-zennie/)  ## Michael Zennie Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:00 PM UTCPublished: Oct 24, 2019 7:50 AM UTC A police shooting outside a Walmart in El Paso, Texas on Wednesday night left shoppers stuck inside the store and a suspected car thief dead.  by [Michael Zennie](https://time.com/author/michael-zennie/)  ## Michael Zennie Updated: Dec 12, 2023 9:00 PM UTCPublished: Oct 24, 2019 7:50 AM UTC A police shooting outside a [Walmart in El Paso, Texas](https://time.com/5643590/el-paso-family-walmart-shooting-hub/) on Wednesday night left shoppers stuck inside the store and a suspected car thief dead. Few details of what happened were immediately available, but the El Paso Police Department on Thursday morning tweeted that the incident began when two officers approached a possible stolen vehicle in a Walmart parking lot on Montana Avenue. “The driver attempted to flee,” according to the tweet, “and the officers were dragged.” > [](https://twitter.com/EPPOLICE/status/1187268420628185088) When the driver attempted to escape, according to the police department, one officer shot and killed the driver. Both officers were transported to a local hospital to treat their injuries, which were [described as “relatively minor”](https://twitter.com/charleywilkison/status/1187256177975017474?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1187256177975017474&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Ftime.com%2F5709122%2Fel-paso-walmart-police-shooting%2F) by Charley Wilkison, the head of the Texas’ biggest police union. The incident comes two and a half months after a gunman targeting Hispanic shoppers opened fire at another Walmart store in the border city, [killing 22 people](https://time.com/5643110/el-paso-texas-mall-shooting/). Wednesday’s shooting happened about 9 miles from the Walmart that was the site of the Aug. 3 mass shooting. > [](https://twitter.com/EPPOLICE/status/1187268420628185088) On Wednesday night, a police spokesperson said shoppers were still inside the Walmart at the time of the shooting and would have to be escorted out by authorities so investigators could preserve the crime scene. “Right now the main concern is for the people that are in Walmart to get them out without disrupting the scene,” he told reporters. El Paso police said that customers would need to be picked up by family members because they wouldn’t be allowed to take their cars out of the parking lot. 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