Blink-182 Was 'Locked Down' in Hotel Following the El Paso Shooting

The guys of Blink-182 were told to stay at their Texas hotel following the shooting in El Paso.

Mark Hoppus took to Twitter on Saturday (August 3) to tell fans that he and fellow band mates Travis Barker and Matt Skiba were told by their security team to stay in the hotel after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart not far from from they mall they were scheduled to make an appearance at.

“We are locked down in our hotel in el paso. over the intercom system they just announced that there are reports of another active shooter directly across the street at a location different from the first shootings,” Mark wrote.

He continued: “We were leaving breakfast when our security texted that there was an active shooter at the mall we were headed to. saw dozens of police cars on the freeway and surface streets. helicopters. we got back to the hotel and turned on the news to see what was happening.”

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