Posted on Jul 6, 2023
Relatives of Walmart shooting victims come face to face with gunman in El Paso courtroom
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Nearly four years after a normal Saturday morning in El Paso turned into one of the deadliest mass shootings in Texas history, the admitted gunman and white supremacist responsible for the carnage will finally learn his fate.
A federal judge is scheduled this week to hand down the federal sentence for Patrick Crusius, 24, who in 2019 drove from North Texas to El Paso to target and kill Hispanics, an act authorities said was designed to ward off what Crusius called an “invasion” of the state by immigrants.
In all, 22 people were injured and 23 killed in his August 3 attack on a Walmart store popular with Texas and Mexicans alike, several of whom were shopping for back-to-school supplies when the shooting began.
The sentencing hearing began Wednesday morning in U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama’s chambers with a discussion on the government’s presentence report. That was followed by victims’ statements, which will continue throughout the week.
A federal judge is scheduled this week to hand down the federal sentence for Patrick Crusius, 24, who in 2019 drove from North Texas to El Paso to target and kill Hispanics, an act authorities said was designed to ward off what Crusius called an “invasion” of the state by immigrants.
In all, 22 people were injured and 23 killed in his August 3 attack on a Walmart store popular with Texas and Mexicans alike, several of whom were shopping for back-to-school supplies when the shooting began.
The sentencing hearing began Wednesday morning in U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama’s chambers with a discussion on the government’s presentence report. That was followed by victims’ statements, which will continue throughout the week.
Relatives of Walmart shooting victims come face to face with gunman in El Paso courtroom
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He deserves the most severe sentence they can give hm. I don't care about his personal or political views; he simply had no right to take another person's life when his own was not threatened.
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News was reporting after yesterday's victim impact statements that he is looking at 90 Life Sentances.
This white male poisoned by Right wing rhetoric about immigrants drove some 700 miles to kill them here in El Paso.
Now a lot of people don't realize that the 22nd largest city in America is like a small town of a couple hundred people. If you don't know the person personally you know a family member or friend.
This white male poisoned by Right wing rhetoric about immigrants drove some 700 miles to kill them here in El Paso.
Now a lot of people don't realize that the 22nd largest city in America is like a small town of a couple hundred people. If you don't know the person personally you know a family member or friend.
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SFC Kathy Pepper
I've lived in El Paso for nearly 40 years (stationed at Ft Bliss in 1984) and in that time I discovered that "six degrees of separation" does not exist here; it's more like three or four degrees. Fortunately, to the best of my knowledge, I don't know anyone who was in that Walmart that day. However, it was my second favorite and I had planned on going there three days later. It creeps me out every time I shop there.
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