The small town of Carrizo Springs is mourning the loss of a young mother killed during the shooting at Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass.
Alicia Sanchez, who lived in Carrizo Springs, made the trip last weekend but did not make it back home.
Sanchez and a retired U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent were killed when 34-year-old Keryan Jones opened fire at the casino late Saturday, authorities have said. Five others were injured.
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Residents in Carrizo Springs said they never gave going to the Kickapoo casino a second thought — until now.
Diana Gonzalez, who lives in Carrizo Springs, said, “It’s quite frightening that we had a victim in this senseless shooting.”
Gonzalez said she