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US man gets 90 life sentences for racist El Paso Walmart attack

El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius, seen here in October 2019, still faces Texas state charges that could result in the death penalty [File: Briana Sanchez/Pool via The El Paso Times/AP Photo]

A judge in the United States has sentenced a man to 90 consecutive life terms in prison for a racist 2019 mass shooting that targeted Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, and left 23 people dead.

US District Judge David Guaderrama handed down the sentence on Friday to Patrick Crusius, who pleaded guilty in February in exchange for avoiding a federal death sentence.

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