Five years after El Paso mass shooting, Biden and VP send condolences

EL PASO (El Paso Times) – President Biden and Vice President Harris authored letters Friday, memorializing the 23 victims and decrying gun violence on the fifth anniversary of the El Paso mass shooting. “To survivors and the loved ones of the victims: I know how hard these days can be. Even after years have passed, milestones like this can bring you back to how you felt in the moment you lived your worst nightmare,” Biden wrote. Harris signed her separate letter, referencing other cities — Uvalde, Midland-Odessa and Sutherland Springs — all of which share El Paso’s pain of experiencing mass shootings. Gregory Jackson, deputy director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, will attend a remembrance ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 3, according to a White House official. However, officials did not specify which ceremony. You can read President Biden and Vice President Harris’ official statements here.