The sentencing phase could last several days. It is the first time that relatives of the victims, who included citizens of Mexico, will have an opportunity to address Patrick Crusius, 24, face-to-face in court.
EL PASO, Texas — A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019 returns to court Wednesday for sentencing in a mass shooting that targeted Hispanic shoppers in the border city of El Paso. to federal hate crime and weapons charges in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. Although the federal government did not seek the death penalty, Texas prosecutors have not taken lethal injection off the table under a separate case in state court.
Crusius was apprehended shortly after the attack and confessed to officers who stopped him at an intersection, according to police. David Johnson, 63, was killed after pushing his wife and 9-year-old granddaughter under a counter. The woman and child survived. after her husband announced he had few relatives left and invited the world to attend.The sentencing arrives amid efforts by the Justice Department under President Joe Biden to more aggressively identify hate crimes and deliver meaningful results in the highest-profile cases.
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