The Texas Walmart shooter has been sentenced.
According to a report from The New York Post, Patrick Crusius, 24, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to nearly 50 federal hate crime charges relating to his 2019 mass shooting at a Texas Walmart, has been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences.
He will be in prison for the rest of his life.
From The New York Post:
Crusius, wearing a jumpsuit and shackles, did not speak during the hearing and showed no reaction as the verdict was read.
The judge recommended that Crusius serve his sentence at a maximum security prison in Colorado.
Police say Crusius drove more than 700 miles from his home near Dallas to target Hispanics with an AK-style rifle inside and outside the store. Moments before the attack began, Crusius posted a racist screed online that warned of a Hispanic “invasion” of Texas.
In the years since the shooting, Republicans have described migrants crossing the southern U.S. border as an “invasion,” waving off critics who say the rhetoric fuels anti-immigrant views and violence.
Crusius pleaded guilty in February after federal prosecutors took the death penalty off the table. But Texas prosecutors have said they will try to put Crusius on death row when he stands trial in state court. That trial date has not yet been set.
As Crusius was led from the courtroom, one of the family members of a victim shouted “We’ll be seeing you again, coward. No apologies, no nothing.”
More over at The New York Post:
Texas Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius gets 90 life sentences, may still face death penalty https://t.co/WfFmZMSabq pic.twitter.com/onUstr1pzX
— New York Post (@nypost) July 7, 2023
