One man was killed and three more were injured in a shooting at a busy shopping mall.
The shooting happened at Cielo Vista Mall, right across a large parking lot from a Walmart where 23 people were killed in a racist attack in 2019 in El Paso, Texas, US.
It is the latest in a series of mass shootings in the United States this year, claiming numerous lives.
Two men were arrested in connection with the shooting, El Paso police said.
The exact circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear.
The Cielo Vista Mall, where the shooting took place, has been cordoned off as a crime scene, and law enforcement officials have stated that it will remain closed until their investigation is complete.
Interim police chief Peter Pacillas assured the public that there is no longer any threat to their safety, despite the ongoing investigation.
El Paso — with a predominantly Latino population of about 700,000 people — sits on the US border with Mexico, where residents of both countries cross frequently.
“Today’s shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall has brought back traumatic memories for many of us. Please know you are not alone,” Democratic US Rep. Veronica Escobar, whose district includes El Paso, said on Twitter.
She urged anyone who needed it to reach out to the city's crisis helpline.
The United States has seen dozens of people killed in mass shootings so far in 2023, most recently Monday at Michigan State University, where three students were killed and five more were wounded.
In January, 11 people were killed in the Los Angeles-area city of Monterey Park as they welcomed the Lunar New Year at a dance hall popular with older Asian Americans.
Pacillas said the two people taken into custody after Wednesday's shooting and all of the victims were males.
University Medical Center in El Paso said in a statement that two gunshot victims being treated there were in critical condition.
The condition of the third victim was not immediately known.
Police earlier said the shooting was reported in the shopping mall’s food court.
Authorities set up a reunification centre at a nearby high school, where those affected by the shooting could reconnect with loved ones.
The FBI, which is assisting El Paso police in the investigation, set up a website where the public can share photos or video from the shooting.
Republican Governor Greg Abbott said in a tweet Wednesday night that he had spoken to the mayor of El Paso and offered assistance from the Texas Department of Public and Safety and the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
In 2022, more than 600 mass shootings occurred in the US in which at least four people were killed or wounded, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
