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El Paso mass shooter on suicide watch

The El Paso mass shooting suspect was reportedly placed on suicide watch Monday.

Patrick Crusius, 21, was put under close guard following a recommendation from medical staff, according to the El Paso Times.

He’s being held at the city’s Downtown Detention Facility.

Crusius — who is accused of killing 22 people and wounding 25 others at a local Walmart — had been separated from other inmates and placed in a single cell earlier this month.  The young man allegedly targeted “Mexicans” during his Aug. 3 rampage and a number of the inmates at the jail are Hispanic.

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday night. A department official confirmed the Crusius suicide watch to the Times.

Mexico’s president has said that he wants Crusius — who is charged with capital murder and facing the death penalty — to be extradited and tried there, since eight of his victims were Mexican nationals.

The alleged mass shooter is being held without bond.

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