The family and friends of the victims of the Dayton and El Paso shootings are grieving their loved ones who were among those shot over the weekend.
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Another friend, Airiana Camp, was just across the street in a different bar when her friend, a mother of two, was fatally shot.
Camp was at a bar called Newcom's Club, across the street from Ned Pepper's Bar, when mayhem broke loose. At first, she said no one quite knew what was happening and patrons were being evacuated out the back door, into the alley.
“We didn’t know people were shooting until we came out and seen bodies and cops with guns,” Camp told ABC News.
She later learned that her friend, Lois Oglesby, was one of the nine victims who were fatally shot by the suspect, who was killed by responding authorities.
“I’m just speechless. I really don’t know what to say," she told ABC News on Sunday.
Nearly 1,600 miles away in El Paso, Alvaro Mena was mourning the loss of his father on Monday, who succumbed to wounds suffered when a gunman opened fire at a Walmart store on Saturday morning. Mena's father, 78-year-old Juan Velazquez, became the 22nd victim to die in the masscre.
"I know I'm devastated," Mena told ABC News.
He said his father and mother were both shot when the went to the Walmart to exchange merchandise. He said his mother remains in the the hospital and is expected to survive.
Mena noted that officials said the El Paso gunman, who was arrested, told investigators he was out to kill as many Mexicans as he could.
“We are afraid to go out. We are afraid to go out into the streets because we feel like we are being hunted because of skin color,” Mena said.
Here is the list of victims who were killed in the back-to-back shootings:
Megan Betts, 22
Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl said Megan Betts was among the first victims shot to death.
"It seems to just defy believability that he would shoot his own sister, but it's also hard to believe that he didn't recognize that was his sister. So we just don't know," Biehl said Monday.
Dana Raber, 20, of Bellbrook, said she was a friend of Megan Betts when they were both high school students.
"She was wonderful," Raber told reporters gathered near the Betts family home in Bellbrook on Sunday. "She was different in a very good way. That's why we got along, I supposed. She's very sweet, had her own opinions and was loud and kind in a way that her brother was quiet and stayed more to himself."
Raber said she was unaware of any friction between Megan and Connor Betts.
"They are a family I admired, and I don't know how they're going to get through this. They were always very nice to me," Raber said.
Derrick Fudge, 57