Shooting Victims Include a Mom Who Died Protecting Her Baby

Melody Stout and Hannah Payan comfort each other during a vigil for victims of the shooting that occurred earlier in the day at a shopping center in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2019. John Locher/AP Photo

In the border town of El Paso, Texas, a shooter killed 20 people dead and injured more than two dozen. Hours later in Dayton, Ohio, a shooter killed 9 people and injured at least 27 others.

Here are some of their stories:

Jordan Anchondo: ‘Gave Her Life’ for Her Baby

Jordan Anchondo was among those killed in El Paso, Anchondo’s sister said, and she apparently died while protecting her 2-month-old son from the hail of bullets.