Nearly four years after a white gunman killed 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso in a racist attack, relatives of the victims are packing a courtroom to see Patrick Crusius punished for one of the nation’s worst mass shootings.
EL PASO, Texas — A brother who traveled more than 1,000 miles to confront his sister’s killer. An uncle of an orphaned 4-year-old whose parents died while shielding the boy from the spray of bullets. A wife whose husband was gunned down at her side while their 9-year-old granddaughter looked on.
Tito Anchondo, Andre’s brother, said he will forgive Crusius but also wants to explain to him how he failed. Paul Jamrowski, Jordan’s father, said it was excruciating to sit in the same courtroom as Crusius on Wednesday. He said he forgives Crusius, and that he’s unsure whether justice can ever really be served.
“He always taught us that the color of your skin doesn’t matter because we are all children of God,” he said. He called Crusius “an evil parasite that is nothing without a weapon.”
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