Claim: Says of El Paso that some years, "in a city of almost 700,000, we had five murders the entire year. Our average over the last 10 years is 18 . We exceeded that average just on one day" after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in the city.
Fact-check: Fact-checking Beto O'Rourke on murders per year in El Paso
Verdict: true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Madlin Mekelburg
Date published: 2019-08-05T00:00:00