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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jamie Stengle

Man who fatally shot 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder nearly 6 years on

Texas Walmart Shooting - (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The long-running criminal case against a Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019 is on the verge of coming to a close.

Patrick Crusius, 26, is expected to plead guilty Monday to capital murder and receive a sentence of life in prison with no possibility of parole for the massacre near the U.S.-Mexico border. El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya said last month he was offering Crusius a plea deal and that he wouldn't face the death penalty on the state charge.

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