Shootings' Victims

From the BBC:

“El Paso and Dayton shootings: Who were the victims?”

When a gunman opened fire at shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday, one young couple gave their lives to save their two-month-old son, relatives said. Jordan and Andre Anchondo had just celebrated their first wedding anniversary and were shopping for back-to-school supplies when they were targeted by the attacker. Doctors said the little boy's broken bones suggested his mother Jordan, who was 24, had tried to shield him from the onslaught, falling on him as she was shot; family members said that Andre, 23, tried to shield the mother-of-three as he was fatally injured. "[The baby] is alive because of the heroics of both his mother and father," Jordan's aunt Elizabeth Terry told The Guardian. "They are clearly amazing parents - self-sacrificing in every sense of the word.  The Anchondos were two of 30 people who died in two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio at the weekend that shook the US. Here is what we know about the other victims.

The victims of El Paso, Texas:

Angie Englisbee

Thought to be the oldest victim of the two mass shootings, the 86-year-old last spoke to her son at 10:30 local time on Saturday morning, while she was in the check-out queue at Walmart. Minutes later, the gunman entered. Her distraught daughter was later filmed at the scene, begging for information about her mother. Her family confirmed to CNN she had died on Sunday.

Javier Rodriguez 

The 15-year-old's family had hoped to find him after he went missing on Saturday. Pictures were circulated on social media, but on Sunday the family confirmed the worst. His aunt, Elvira, posted on Facebook that "many tears were being shed" for the teenager. Horizon High School, where he was due to start as a sophomore in a few weeks, was planning a vigil in his memory, an official told the El Paso Times.

Leo Campos and Maribel Hernandez 

Family confirmed to CBS4 that the couple had died in the shooting on Saturday. According to the broadcaster, the family first knew something was wrong when the dog groomer called to say they had not picked their pet up.

Elsa Mendoza de la Mora

She was a special needs teacher who lived just across the border in Ciudad Juárez. She came across the border most weekends to visit friends and relatives. Her husband and son were waiting outside in the car when she was shot and killed.

Arturo Benavides

The 67-year-old bus driver was described to news website Buzzfeed as "a strong-willed, caring, giving, and special person" by his niece, Jacklin Luna. She had earlier appealed on Facebook for information about her uncle. He had been out with his wife, who managed to escape.

Iván Filiberto Manzano

From Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, he leaves a wife and two children, aged five and seven.

María Eugenia Legarreta Rothe

From Chihuahua, Mexico, she was in El Paso to pick up her daughter from the airport, but stopped at Walmart on the way to get a few household items.

Gloria Irma Márquez

Also from Ciudad Juárez, she was with a relative in El Paso.  Her niece described her as a "dedicated mother, grandmother and friend".

The victims of Dayton, Ohio:

Lois Oglesby

A mother of two who worked at a children's nursery in Dayton, the 27-year-old had only recently returned from maternity leave for her second child. "She was a wonderful mother, a wonderful person," her friend, Derasha Merrett, told the Dayton Daily News. "I have cried so much, I can't cry anymore."

Megan Betts

It is thought that Megan Betts, 22, was one of her brother Connor's first victims. She was studying environmental science.

Saeed Saleh, 38

Derrick Fudge, 57

Logan Turner, 30

Danita Turner said her son Logan was the "world's best". He had recently got a job as a machinist in nearby Springboro, where he lived. "He was very generous and loving." she told the Dayton Daily News. "Everyone loved Logan. He was a happy go lucky guy."

Nicholas Cumer, 25

The Pittsburgh-raised man was in Dayton completing an internship when he was killed. The graduate student, who was in the Masters of Cancer Care programme at Saint Francis University, had just been offered a full-time position by Maple Tree Cancer Alliance. In a post on Facebook, the organisation paid tribute to his "loving and caring spirit", as well as his dedication to his patients. His family said they were "heartbroken" by his loss.

Thomas McNichols, 25

The father-of-four, known as TeeJay, was a "gentle giant" who had got off work and gone out in town with his cousin when he was killed, his aunt Donna Johnson told WHIOTV. "Everybody loved him. He was like a big kid," she added. He leaves behind two boys and two girls, aged between two and eight.

Beatrice Warren Curtis, 36

Monica Brickhouse, 39

^ It is always sad to hear the stories of the men, women and children killed and wounded in these kinds of senseless murders, but it is necessary to learn so that we know there aren’t just numbers, but real people. ^

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