Patrick Crusius, 24, agreed to plead guilty to federal charges after prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty. But he still faces a state trial in which he could be sentenced to death.
What Happened To Patrick Crusius?
A Texas man who fatally shot 23 people and injured dozens more at a Walmart store in El Paso in 2019 pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crimes and weapons charges in connection with the deadliest anti-Latino attack in modern United States history.
Mr. Crusius, 24, still faces trial on state capital murder charges, for which he could receive the death penalty.
He appeared in U.S. District Court in El Paso on Wednesday afternoon, where he pleaded guilty to all 90 federal charges that he faced, including 45 hate crimes.
What Fuels The Mass Murdering?
“White nationalist-fueled violence has no place in our society today,” Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke said in a statement afterward. “By pleading guilty, the defendant has admitted that he murdered innocent people based on their national origin and targeted Hispanics.
Mr. Crusius, who is white, drove all night from his home in Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, to a Walmart Supercenter in El Paso, a Hispanic-majority border city, on Aug. 3, 2019. He posted an anti-immigrant manifesto minutes before entering the store, where he stalked shoppers down the aisles with a semiautomatic rifle and ammunition that he had purchased online, according to a federal indictment.
“This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas,” Mr. Crusius said in the 2,300-word manifesto, which detailed a plan to separate America into territories by race.
The El Paso attack was the deadliest anti-Latino attack in modern United States history. It was one of several episodes in 2019 in which aggrieved white men turned to mass murder in service of hatred against immigrants, Jews and others they perceived as threats to the white race.
The F.B.I. has said that more Americans have died in domestic terrorist attacks than international ones since Sept. 11, and that domestic terrorism is increasingly motivated by white supremacist ideology.
FAQ’s
1. Who is Patrick Crusius?
A. Man who killed 23 people in El Paso County
2. What is his profession?
A. Unknown
3. What is Patrick Crusius Nationality ?
A. US
4. How old is Patrick Crusius?
A. 24 years old
5. What happened to Patrick Crusius?
A. He might get death penalty
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