Breaking news: According to the Associated Press, Patrick Crusius was sentenced on federal hate crime charges for a 2019 shooting at a Walmart near the U.S.-Mexico border, in which he targeted Latinos.
reported. “Because of you he never graduated from high school. I carry my son’s ashes with me everywhere I go.”
“I don’t forgive him. I don’t think he deserves anyone’s forgiveness. I don’t think he deserves anything,” Amaris Vega, the niece of victim Teresa Sanchez,“My message to the shooter was that he wanted to take down Mexicans. He wanted to get rid of the Hispanic people here in El Paso. But he didn’t do that. He failed,” she said. “He didn’t win.”Crusius reportedly smirked, rolled his eyes or smiled at times as witnesses spoke in court.
Crusius’s plea agreement stipulated the 90 life sentences, one for each count on which he was indicted — 45 counts of a hate crime-related charge and 45 counts of using a firearm during violent crimes. He also pleaded guilty to other hate crime and firearm charges relating to the 22 people injured.the death penalty for Crusius, but prosecutors in the ongoing case in Texas state court still could, if Crusius is convicted in that case.
“We are still going to be seeking the death penalty on the Walmart shooter,” El Paso County District Attorney Bill D. Hicks at a Thursday news conference, saying Crusius would be in county custody in October or November, after which his trial would be scheduled.“We have waited four years to prosecute him. Waiting another couple of months is not going to change anything,” Hicks said. “I am committed to seeking justice for the people of this community.
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