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El Paso Throws Birthday Party For Walmart Shooting's Youngest Survivor

El Paso residents came together this weekend to throw a birthday party for the youngest survivor of a mass shooting that rocked the Texas city last summer.

Paul Gilbert Anchondo celebrated his first birthday on Saturday, nearly 10 months after his parents, Andre and Jordan Anchondo, were killed during the Aug. 3 shooting at a local Walmart.

Little Paul, dressed in a prince costume, held court while hundreds of people passed by him in parade formation, according to CNN.

Paul’s grandfather Gilbert Anchondo said the party was a way to let his grandson know he has the support of his whole community.

“We want him to remember that everybody here in the El Paso area and our community is supporting him, that he’s not by himself,” Anchondo told local outlet KVIA TV.

Eduardo Prieto, the president of the Muertos MC motorcycle club, said people in the community wanted to do something special for Paul’s birthday.

“Well, this is going to be his first birthday and it’s unfortunate that his parents are not going to be here for his first birthday. So we want to give him something to look back and show that not only does he have his family’s support but the support of the community,” Prieto told KTSM TV.

Jordan and Andre Anchondo were among 23 people killed by alleged shooter Patrick Crusius of Dallas at the Walmart store. Although Crusius has pleaded not guilty, his arrest warrant says that he declared “I’m the shooter” after turning himself in to police.

Paul’s grandmother Misti Jamrowski told CBS Dallas-Fort Worth that her daughter, Jordan, shielded the baby with her body even after she was shot while Andre tried to protect them both.

“The shooter had aimed at Jordan. And Andre jumped in front of Jordan. And the shooter shot Andre, and the bullets went through Andre and hit Jordan,” Jamrowski said.

Texas has charged Crusius with capital murder and is seeking the death penalty. He has also been indicted on 90 federal charges, including hate crimes, according to CNN. He remains in custody.

You can see scenes from Paul’s birthday party below.

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August 5, 2012 - UNITED STATES

A gunman shoots six people dead during Sunday services at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, before he is shot dead by a police officer.<br>  <em>Caption: People watch police personnel outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a shooting took place Sunday, Aug 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)</em>
A gunman shoots six people dead during Sunday services at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, before he is shot dead by a police officer.
Caption: People watch police personnel outside the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wis., where a shooting took place Sunday, Aug 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

July 20, 2012 - UNITED STATES

A masked gunman kills 14 people and wounds 50 others when he opens fire on moviegoers at a showing of new Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, a suburb of Denver, Colorado.<br>  <em>Caption: In this Monday, July 23, 2012, file photo, James Holmes, appears in Arapahoe County District Court, with defense attorney Tamara Brady in Centennial, Colo. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)</em>

April 2, 2012 - UNITED STATES

A gunman, identified by police as Korean-American One Goh, kills seven people and wounds three others in a shooting rampage at a Christian college in Oakland. The former nursing student pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges.<br>  <em>Caption: One Goh, left, listens to his attorney, Public Defender David Klaus, in an Alameda County Superior courtroom in Oakland, Calif., Monday, April 30, 2012. Goh, 43, plead not guilty to seven counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder for the fatal shooting rampage at Oikos University in Oakland on April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)</em>

February 27, 2012 - UNITED STATES

A student opens fire in a cafeteria at Chardon High School in Ohio, killing three students and injuring two others before being arrested.<br>  <em>Caption: In this Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012, photo, seventeen-year-old T.J. Lane is led from Juvenile Court by Sheriff's deputies in Chardon, Ohio, after his arraignment in the shooting of five high school students. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)</em>

December 13, 2011 - BELGIUM

Gunman Nordine Armani kills three people, including a 17-month-old toddler, and wounds 121 in a central square in the eastern city of Liege, before shooting himself. The next day Belgian investigators find the body of a woman in warehouse used by the gunman raising the death toll, including the killer, to five.<br>  <em>Caption: People mourn at Place Saint Lambert on December 14, 2011, in Liege, Belgium. (Christophe Licoppe/Photonews via Getty Images)</em>

July 22, 2011 - NORWAY

Police seize a gunman who killed 69 people at a youth summer camp of Norway's ruling political party, on the small, holiday island of Utoeya. Anders Behring Breivik is later charged with the killings, as well as with an earlier bombing in Oslo which killed eight people. The trial ended last month with Breivik saying that his bombing and shooting rampage was necessary to defend the country - prompting a walk-out by relatives of his victims. <br>  <em>Caption: In this July 25, 2011, file photo, Norway's twin terror attacks suspect, Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in an armored police vehicle. (AP Photo/Aftenposten/Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen) </em>

April 9, 2011 - NETHERLANDS

Tristan van der Vlis opened fire in the Ridderhof mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, south of Amsterdam, killing six before turning the gun on himself.<br>  <em>Caption: People gather to pay their respects to the victims of the shooting spree at the shopping mall De Ridderhof in Alphen aan den Rijn, on April 11, 2011, where 24-year-old Tristan van der Vlis went on the rampage, killing six people and wounding at least 10 others. (Koen van Weel/AFP/Getty Images)</em>

January 8, 2011 - UNITED STATES

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June 2, 2010 - BRITAIN

Gunman Derrick Bird opens fire on people in towns across the rural county of Cumbria. Twelve people are killed and 11 injured. Bird also killed himself.   <br><em>Caption: This is a undated handout photo issued by Cumbria Police on Wednesday June 2, 2010, of Derrick Bird, 52, from Rowrah, northwest England, who police want to speak to in connection with a daylight shooting spree in Cumbria northwest England. (AP Photo/Cumbria Police, Ho) </em>

March 11, 2009 - GERMANY

A 17-year-old gunman dressed in combat gear kills nine students and three teachers at a school near Stuttgart. He also kills one other person at a nearby clinic. He was later killed in a shoot-out with police. Two additional passers-by were killed and two policemen seriously injured, bringing the death toll to 16, including the gunman.<br>  <em>Caption: The coffin with the remains of a victim of the school shooting is carried on the cemetery in Winnenden, near Stuttgart, Germany, on Saturday, March 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Daniel Maurer</em>

September 23, 2008 - FINLAND

Student Matti Saari opens fire in a vocational school in Kauhajoki in northwest Finland, killing nine other students and one male staff member before killing himself.<br>  <em>Caption: This is an image taken from the website of Matti Juhani Saari on Tuesday Sept. 23, 2008. (AP Photo)</em>
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November 7, 2007 - FINLAND

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October 7, 2007 - UNITED STATES

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April 16, 2007 - UNITED STATES

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March 12, 2005 - UNITED STATES

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November 21, 2004 - UNITED STATES

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October 2002 - UNITED STATES

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April 26, 2002 - GERMANY

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June 2001 - NEPAL

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July 1999 - UNITED STATES

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April 1999 - UNITED STATES

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April 28, 1996 - AUSTRALIA

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March 13, 1996 - BRITAIN

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