The gunman who killed 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, is expected to face the families of his victims during his sentencing hearing in federal court this week
, as prosecutors seek to have him serve dozens of consecutive life sentences for the August 2019 shooting. Patrick Crusius, 24, pleaded guilty in February to 90 charges, half of them federal hate crimes. The massacre was one of the deadliest attacks on Latinos in modern US history, which authorities said he carried out with the sole intent of killing immigrants and Mexicans in the West Texas border city. At least 22 others were injured.
The sentencing would take place the morning after victim impact statements are completed, or on the Monday following if they conclude on a Friday, per court filings. Before the attack on August 3, 2019, Crusius left his home in Allen, Texas, a Dallas suburb, and drove 11 hours to El Paso, taking with him a GP WASR-10 semi-automatic rifle and ammunition he’d purchased online weeks earlier, according to the indictment against him.
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