Heartbreaking stories of loss started emerging Sunday as some of the 20 massacred at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, were identified.

Arturo Benavides, 67, had been shopping in the store with his wife and was unable to escape the gunfire when Saturday’s slaughter started, relatives told KTSM.

His family initially searched the reunification center and put up appeals on social media and local TV — before on Sunday confirming he was one of the dead.

“Thank you everyone, we just got news that he passed away,” his family said, according to the station.

The El Paso local was one of the first victims identified, along with heroic mom-of-three Jordan Anchondo, 25, who died shielding her 2-month-son, who broke bones when his mom fell over after getting cut down in the gunfire.

Anchondo’s husband Andre Anchondo was also among the missing, according to family who now fear the worse.

Three of the dead and at least 7 of the injured are Mexicans, according to officials in the North American country, with the area a popular shopping destination for people who cross the border.

Those still being treated in a hospital include 10-year-old Erika de Alba Mariscal, who was hit in the leg, Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard announced on Twitter, calling it a “mourning day for Mexico and the United States.”

Others of Mexican heritage that were confirmed among the injured hurt include Mario de Alba Montes, 45, who was shot in the back, and Olivia Mariscal Rodriguez, 44, who was hit in the chest and hand, the officials said.