More than 20 people were killed in an Aug. 3, 2019, shooting rampage at a Walmart in El Paso. The gunman, who was arrested and charged with capital murder, is also facing possible federal domestic terrorism charges. Read The Texas Tribune's coverage of the shooting and its aftermath.
Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday in federal court. He still faces state charges, and the local district attorney says he intends to seek the death penalty.During the gunman’s sentencing, relatives of those killed nearly four years ago are telling him how he upended their lives.Mistakes and backbiting have engulfed the El Paso County district attorney’s office.
A year after the mass shooting in El Paso, where 23 people were killed at a Walmart in what was the worst attack on Latinos in modern U.S. history, we sent Tribune photographers to document a city still in mourning.The incoming El Paso district attorney is going to inherit the biggest case in the city's history. But the federal government is pursuing its own charges, and the new DA is weighing whether to pursue the county's case.Patrick Crusius, the alleged gunman in the Aug.
During a panel at The Texas Tribune Festival, Margo doubled down on his support of background checks but stopped short of supporting any other gun control measures.Watch a conversation with El Paso Mayor Dee Margo and Dayton, Ohio, Mayor Nan Whaley as they talked about an unbearably tragic weekend and a remarkably resilient aftermath.
The new panel met Thursday at the state Capitol in Austin and is scheduled to convene again next week in El Paso."Words not only matter but in today’s world, words are having more and more significant existential consequences in our society," said Miguel Solis, a Dallas school board member.The line outside the funeral stretched several blocks. “I think our community lost something and this is our community grieving together," said local state Rep. Joe Moody.
El Pasoans spent the week grieving — and worrying about more attacks targeting Hispanics — as politicians had varied ideas for how to prevent mass shootings in the future.
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