EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Customers returned to the Walmart in El Paso that had been closed since a gunman killed 22 people there in August.
About 50 shoppers lined up to enter the renovated Walmart. They streamed past dozens of sheriff's deputies, security guards and store employees.
Walmart didn’t have a guard in the store on the day of the mass shooting. Since then, the retail giant has quietly hired off-duty officers to work at all of its area stores.
The move comes amid ongoing lawsuits over store safety.
A suburban Dallas man, Patrick Crusius, has pleaded not guilty to carrying out the attack. Authorities say he confessed to the crime and that he targeted Mexicans.