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    Stories Of El Paso Shooting Victims Show Acts Of Self-Sacrifice Amid Massacre

    At least 22 people died, including citizens of the U.S., Mexico and Germany.
    by Bobby Allyn Aug 06, 2019 7 minutes

    Some died trying to protect a loved one or newborn baby from a hail of bullets. Others were killed alongside their spouse as they made routine weekend purchases. Parents were slaughtered while doing back-to-school shopping.

    Stories of self-sacrifice, heroism and devastating loss are emerging following the gun massacre on Saturday that killed at least 22 people who came from both sides of the border to a Walmart store in the predominantly Hispanic city of El Paso, Texas.

    Those killed include 13 Americans, eight Mexicans and one German. They were as old as 90 years old and as young as 15.

    Below are their stories.

    Jordan Anchondo, 24, and Andre Anchondo, 23

    Jordan Anchondo and her husband, Andre Pablo Anchondo, were killed while shopping for school supplies on what was supposed to be "an average Saturday," according to Jordan Anchondo's aunt, Elizabeth Terry.

    Andre Anchondo jumped in front of the gunman, and Jordan Anchondo was killed while she was shielding their newborn son, according to Terry. The baby was treated for bruises and broken fingers but survived.

    Andre Anchondo's friend, Benjamin Thompson, told NPR that Anchondo had recently finished building a new house for

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