In many ways, it was a Walmart like all the others: a place to buy groceries, to pick up new school supplies and sometimes even to splurge on cosmetics. But then an ordinary Saturday morning for shoppers in El Paso was abruptly upended when a gunman opened fire in the store.

He killed 22 people and wounded more than two dozen others.

Most of the victims have yet to be identified publicly. But as their names and stories emerge, the rhythms of bicultural life in the Texas border town come into clearer view. The store, less than 10 miles north of the southern border, attracted Americans and Mexicans alike.

[Read more on the victims in the Dayton shooting.]

These are some of the victims’ stories.

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Jordan and Andre Anchondo

Jordan and Andre Anchondo were at Walmart with their 2-month-old baby boy when the gunfire began.

The baby, Paul, was grazed by a bullet and has two broken fingers, most likely from the moment his mother’s body fell on him. He is being treated by doctors.