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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Jolie McCullough

Texas may delay trial for alleged Walmart shooter if federal prosecutors want to seek death penalty

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A group of people carry crosses bearing the names of the victims lost in the Walmart shooting during a memorial service on the third anniversary of the Walmart mass shooting that left 23 dead, at Ponder Park in El Paso on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022.
Crosses bearing the names of the victims lost in the Walmart shooting are carried during a memorial service on its third anniversary. (Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre for The Texas Tribune)

EL PASO — A Texas judge wants to wait and see if the federal government will seek the death penalty against the alleged gunman in the 2019 racist massacre at a local Walmart before weighing a trial on state charges.

More than three years after 23 people were killed while shopping, state District Judge Sam Medrano said Tuesday that it’s more appropriate to wait until January, when the federal prosecution is expected to decide if it will seek to execute the accused attacker, before he makes decisions on how to proceed with Texas’ capital murder case.

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