El Paso Walmart reopens to crowd of customers

Volunteers stand with handmade crosses memorializing the victims of a mass shooting at a makeshift memorial outside Walmart, where a shooting took place in El Paso, Texas. Twenty-two people were killed in the Aug. 3 shooting.

A Walmart in El Paso is full of shoppers again, three months after it was the site of a mass shooting. 

The manager marked the moment by raising a flag that’s been lowered since a gunman killed 22 people. 

The store opened earlier than expected Thursday morning in order to accommodate a crowd of customers outside. 

They were greeted by employees who handed out El Paso Strong bracelets. 

The store has been renovated and now has off-duty officers to provide security. 

A memorial is being built in the parking lot.

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