{"id":1966855,"date":"2023-07-07T15:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-shooter-receives-90-consecutive-life-sentences-for-2019-attack\/"},"modified":"2023-07-07T15:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T19:26:45","slug":"walmart-shooter-receives-90-consecutive-life-sentences-for-2019-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-shooter-receives-90-consecutive-life-sentences-for-2019-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Walmart shooter gets 90 life sentences for 2019 attack."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwalmart-shooter-receives-90-consecutive-life-sentences-for-2019-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966855&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Shoppers walk in the parking lot of a Walmart on August 1, 2020 in El Paso, Texas. The parking lot of the Walmart was the location where a 21-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walmart-shooter-receives-90-consecutive-life-sentences-for-2019-attack\/\" title=\"Walmart shooter gets 90 life sentences for 2019 attack.\">white male shooter allegedly killed 23 people<\/a> in a racist attack targeting Latinos. August 3rd marks the one-year anniversary of the deadliest attack against Hispanics in modern U.S. history. A number of memorial events are planned amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Texas city which sits along the U.S.-Mexico border.  (Photo by Mario Tama\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/geraldyn-berry\">Geraldyn Berry<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>12:22 PM \u2013Friday, July 7, 2023<\/h3>\n<p>90 consecutive life sentences were handed down to the Texas man who killed 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in a targeted shooting against individuals of Mexican origin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST IN: The mass shooter who killed 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, TX has just been sentenced to 90 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2018-parkland-high-school-shooter-sentenced-to-life-in-prison\/\" title=\"2018 Parkland High School Shooter Sentenced to Life in Prison\">consecutive life terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mass shooting, which occurred in 2019, is considered one of the most deadly attacks that targeted Latinos in United States history. The shooter,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u3lEX6IGBU\">pic.twitter.com\/u3lEX6IGBU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Really American \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ReallyAmerican1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReallyAmerican1\/status\/1677377201954512914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In February 8<sup>th<\/sup>, Patrick Crusius, of Allen, Texas pled guilty to 90 federal counts, including 45 counts of violating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/matthew-shepard-and-james-byrd-jr-hate-crimes-prevention-act-2009-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act<\/a> and 45 firearm counts thus consenting to the consecutive life terms.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the gunman had entered a not-guilty plea to the federal counts, but he later altered his plea in February once it became clear that the prosecution would not pursue the death sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Texas prosecutors have said that they will try to put Crusius on death row when he stands trial in state court. That trial date has not yet been set.<\/p>\n<p>Assistant U.S. Attorney General for Civil Rights, Eric Dreiband, called the mass shooting, and other acts of hate like it, heinous crimes intended to terrorize and intimidate.<\/p>\n<p>After two days of victim impact statements, during which the victims\u2019 families confronted Crusius personally, U.S. District Judge David Guaderrama delivered the verdict.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou left children without their parents, you left spouses without their spouses, and we still need them,\u201d\u00a0Bertha Benavides said, the wife of one of the victims.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The judge had also requested that he be treated for his mental illness and transported to ADX Florence, a maximum-security prison in Fremont County, Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>Crusius\u2019 attorney, Joe Spencer, told the judge before the sentencing that his client has a \u201cbroken brain\u201d as Crusius had become alarmed by his own violent thoughts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cPatrick\u2019s thinking is at odds with reality \u2026 resulting in delusional thinking,\u201d Spencer said. \u201cPatrick acted with his broken brain cemented in delusions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Saturday, August 3, 2019, while armed with a WASR-10, Crusius drove over 600 miles from North Texas to El Paso with, what authorities say, was the sole intention of killing Mexican people and immigrants. He opened fire at the Walmart killing 23 people and injuring 22 others. The 23<sup>rd<\/sup> \u00a0victim, Guillermo \u201cMemo\u201d Garcia, was injured and\u00a0died in a hospital in April\u00a02020, almost nine months after the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the shooting, reports say that Crusius had ranted online, warning about a \u201cHispanic invasion of Texas.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, Crusius had purchased the weapon along with 1,000 rounds of 7.62mm hollow-point ammunition almost two months before the attack.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of the deadly event, U.S. attorney Ian Hann had said that the people who were killed ranged in age from a 15-year-old high school athlete to several elderly grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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Tragically, this site became infamous as a 21-year-old white male carried out a racist attack, targeting Latinos and claiming the lives of 23 individuals. August 3rd commemorates the one-year anniversary of the deadliest assault on Hispanics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1755,"featured_media":1966856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1755"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966855\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}