# Incident I00117: The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror * **Summary:** On August 3, 2019, at around 11am local time, initial police reports indicated that a gunman had walked into an El Paso Wal-Mart and opened fire. As of the publication of this article, at least eighteen people have died and several others have been injured. One victim was a four-month old infant. As we’ve seen with two other mass shootings this year, the killer announced the start of his rampage on 8chan’s /pol board. * **incident type**: * **Year started:** * **Countries:** , * **Found via:** * **Date added:** | Reference | Pub Date | Authors | Org | Archive | | --------- | -------- | ------- | --- | ------- | | [https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/](https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/) | 2019/08/04 | Robert Evans | bellingcat | [https://web.archive.org/web/20190804002224/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/](https://web.archive.org/web/20190804002224/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/) | | Technique | Description given for this incident | | --------- | ------------------------- | DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE - PLEASE ADD NOTES BELOW