2019 El Paso shooting

2019 El Paso shooting
2019 El Paso shooting
Part of mass shootings in the United States and right-wing terrorism in the United States
	Surveillance camera screenshots showing Crusius at the Walmart entrance
Location	7101 Gateway West Blvd.; El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Coordinates	31.7771°N 106.3843°W
Date	August 3, 2019 ; 10:39 – 10:45 a.m. (MDT UTC−06:00)
Target	Hispanics
Attack type	Mass shooting, hate crime, mass murder, domestic terrorism, right-wing terrorism
Weapons	WASR-10 semi-automatic rifle
Deaths	23
Injured	22
Perpetrator	Patrick Wood Crusius
Motive	Far-right extremism; Anti-immigration; Racism; White supremacy; Belief in the white genocide conspiracy theory and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory; Ecofascism;
Verdict	Federal:; Pleaded guilty
Convictions	Federal convictions: Hate crime resulting in death (23 counts); Use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence (23 counts); Hate crimes involving an attempt to kill (22 counts); Use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence (22 counts);
Charges	State charges:; Capital murder (23 counts)
Sentence	Federal:; 90 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole
Location of Texas and the United States:
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On August 3, 2019, a terrorist mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Wood Crusius, killed 23 people and injured 22 others. The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime. The shooting has been described as the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history.

Crusius surrendered and was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting. He posted a manifesto with white nationalist and anti-immigrant themes on the imageboard 8chan shortly before the attack. The manifesto cites the Christchurch mosque shootings earlier that year, and the far-right conspiracy theory known as the Great Replacement, as inspiration for the attack. On February 8, 2023, following an announcement that the Department of Justice would not seek the death penalty, Crusius pleaded guilty to 90 federal murder and hate crime charges. On July 7, 2023, Crusius was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences, but he is currently pending trial for state charges that would still potentially result in the death penalty under Texas state jurisdiction if found guilty.

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