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The Fort Bliss shooting occurred on January 6, 2015, when Jerry Serrato, a 48-year-old U.S. Army veteran, fatally shot Dr. Timothy Fjordbak, a psychologist, at the Veteran's Affairs clinic located on the grounds of William Beaumont Army Medical Center of Fort Bliss, Texas. No further casualties were reported during the shooting.
Jack Vowell, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1981 to 1995; construction company president in El Paso; Richard C. White, member of the United States House of Representatives, WWII veteran, Marine; Myra Carroll Winkler (1880-1963), first woman to hold elected office in El Paso County. [8] [9]
On August 3, 2019, 23 citizens of 3 countries —The United States of America, Mexico, and Germany— were gunned down in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. In solidarity with El Paso, the NCO Leadership Center of Excellence, Fort Bliss, presented a memorial memento to Walmart consisting of 23 chips each inscribed with the three ...
The following is a list of people who have served as mayors of the city of El Paso in the U.S state of Texas. The first mayor of El Paso, Benjamin Shacklett Dowell. Mayor of El Paso
El Paso (/ ɛ l ˈ p æ s oʊ /; Spanish: [el ˈpaso]; lit. ' the route ' or ' the pass ') is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States.The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, [5] making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in West Texas, and the sixth-most populous city in Texas. [8]
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William Baxter Slaughter was born in 1852 in Freestone County, Texas. [1] His father, George Webb Slaughter, was a Baptist minister from Mississippi and early rancher in Texas. [1] [2] [3] His mother was Sarah Mason. [1] One of his brothers, C.C. Slaughter, became known as the "Cattle King of Texas."
Robert Lee Slaughter was born on August 15, 1870, in Palo Pinto County, Texas. [1] [2] [3] His father, C.C. Slaughter, was a large rancher. [3] [4] His paternal grandfather, George Webb Slaughter, was a Baptist minister from Mississippi. Slaughter grew up in Dallas, Texas, [1] where he was educated at an academy run by G. W. Grove in Dallas ...