Texas Walmart Shooter Who Killed 23 People Pleads Guilty, Avoids Death Penalty

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Patrick Wood Crusius, 26, pleaded guilty on April 21 and, in exchange, received life in prison with no possibility of parole.

The gunman who killed 23 people and injured 22 others in a mass shooting at a Texas Walmart in 2019 has accepted a plea deal, avoiding the death penalty.

Patrick Crusius, 26, pleaded guilty to capital murder and 22 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on April 21 before Judge Sam Medrano of the 409th District. He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the attack, considered one of the deadliest in American history, in which he admitted that he was targeting Hispanics.

The bearded and bespectacled gunman, who terrified a store full of shoppers with a WASR-10 rifle on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, appeared in the crowded courtroom wearing a black protective vest over his orange-and-white prison-issued jumpsuit.

He stared straight ahead as the El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya read out the names of the nearly two dozen people killed in the border city massacre.

The judge told Crusius that his โ€œname and hate will be forgotten,โ€ while the names of his victims would live on.

โ€œAs you begin the rest of your life locked away, remember this: your mission failed,โ€ Medrano said.

โ€œYou did not divide this city; you strengthened it. You did not silence its voice; you made it louder. You did not instill fear; you inspired unity. … The community you tried to break has become a symbol of resilience, of love, of overcoming hate, of humanity, and of enduring in the face of evil.

โ€œThis community will always remember those whose lives you stole, their names, their stories, and their accomplishments, while you, your name, and your hate will be forgotten.โ€

Joe Spencer, a defense attorney in state and federal cases, said the plea agreement brings โ€˜judicial finalityโ€™ to the case and skirts protracted legal proceedings.

โ€œThe legal finality cannot erase the pain, nor does it fully answer the agonizing question, why,โ€ Spencer said in court on April 21. โ€œHow could something so senseless happen here in our community?

Byย Juliette Fairley

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