The Texas prosecutor will not seek death for Gunman in 2019 Walmart Mass Thoping

A Texas District Prosecutor said on Tuesday that he would no longer pursue the death penalty against the shooter who had killed 23 people in a racial motivation attack in an El Paso Walmart in 2019.

Patrick Crusius should plead guilty to state charges in exchange for a sentence of life without parole, and no call in the case, said the El Paso district, James Montoya.

Crusius, now 26, led Allen, Texas, to El Paso armed with a semi-automatic variant of an AK-47 rifle and opened fire on Walmart buyers during an attack in which he Targeted Mexican August 3, 2019.

By abandoning the death penalty, Montoya said that he had spoken with the families of the victims, including a “strong consensus” who wanted to “see the case concluded as quickly as possible, even if it meant not continuing the death penalty”.

“The withdrawal of the death penalty has nothing to do with my position on capital punishment, nor a question of guilt or a lack of evidence. I believe in the death penalty,” said Montoya in a statement.

“It is a question of allowing families of the 23 victims who lost their lives on this horrible day – and the 22 injured – to finally have a resolution in our judicial system,” he said.

Twenty-two people were killed in the attack and a The 23rd victim died nine months later injuries suffered during the shooting.

A few minutes before the attack, Crusius published a racist screed filled with online hatred in which he referred to an “invasion” of immigrants in the United States, said the Ministry of Justice.

Crusius is already in service 90 consecutive living conditions in prison After pleading guilty to federal accusations on hatred crimes in the attack. He pleaded guilty in the federal case in February 2023 after the federal prosecutors said they would not ask the death of.

Although guilty plea has adjusted the federal case, Crusius was also charged with heads of state.

He had to plead guilty to state accusations on April 21, said the district prosecutor’s office.

“Now no one in this community will never have to hear the name of the attacker again,” said Montoya. “More hearing. No more calls. He will die in prison.”