📰 Gunman in El Paso Mass Shooting Sentenced fo’ Federal Hate Crimes! 🔫😡
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Da gunman had pleaded guilty to da charges in federal court. He still faces one state murder trial later dis year, and Texas prosecutors said dey would seek da death penalty.
A self-described white nationalist who wrote dat Hispanics were “invading” America befo’ fatally shooting 23 people at one Walmart store in El Paso was sentenced on Friday to 90 consecutive life terms fo’ his conviction on federal hate crimes charges. 💔🔒
Fo’ two days dis week, relatives of victims confronted da gunman during an emotional hearin’ in federal court, where dey called him one coward and described some of da gaping wounds caused by da AK-47-style rifle dat he used in da shooting, which also left 22 people injured, includin’ an infant. 😢💔💔
Several of da victims’ relatives had hoped da gunman, Patrick Crusius, would be sentenced to death. Texas prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty when da gunman is tried later on murder charges in state court. “Life sentence is not justice fo’ you,” Luis Juarez Jr., who lost his father in da massacre, told da gunman. 😠💀⚖️
Da federal sentencing in da attack, one of da deadliest on Latinos in U.S. history, follows a plea agreement in February dat recommended dat da defendant be imprisoned fo’ life in exchange for pleadin’ guilty to hate crimes and weapons charges. 👥💔⚖️
Da district attorney in El Paso, Bill Hicks, told reporters on Thursday dat he owed it to da aggrieved families to bring state capital murder charges. “It is a tremendous burden,” he said. 💼💔
Mr. Hicks said he expected da gunman to be turned ova to state custody by October or November fo’ da murder trial, fo’ which no date has been set. “We will be pursuing da death penalty,” he said. ⚖️💀🗓️
Aftah da sentencing on Friday, Dean Reckard, whose mother was killed in da shooting, stood up and yelled at da gunman: “We will be seeing you again, coward. No apologies, no nothing.” 😠💔🔫
Relatives of da victims cried and hugged one another in da courthouse hallways aftah da hearin’ was adjourned. Mr. Crusius showed no emotion as he was escorted out of da courtroom. 😢🤝😔
His defense lawyer, Joe Spencer, said his client was suffering from “severe mental illness” when he committed da crimes. He said dat at a young age, Mr. Crusius heard voices and felt presences dat were not dere, and was eventually diagnosed wit’ schizoaffective disorder, one condition dat caused him to have violent thoughts and hallucinations. “Patrick acted with his broken brain centered in delusions,” Mr. Spencer told da court. “We hope dat we have provided some answers to what feels uncomprehensible.” 🧠🤯❓
One of da prosecutors, Ian Martinez Hanna, one assistant United States Attorney, rejected dat notion and said in court dat da gunman was motivated by an ideology of hatred. He said Mr. Crusius planned da attack well in advance, purchased one rifle six weeks before da attack, and drove 10 hours to a location where he knew he would be able to find a large number of Hispanic people in one place. “When he went in dere and looked at da barrel of his rifle,” Mr. Martinez Hanna said, “he wanted to eliminate one class of people. He failed.” 😡👥🔫❌
Da defendant, he told da court, was “a danger to all of us.” ⚠️👥❗
Da crime occurred on Aug. 3, 2019. Prosecutors say da gunman traveled to El Paso from Allen, Texas, one city near Dallas, and attacked da Walmart store, which is in one popular commercial district near da Cielo Vista Mall, one retail complex wit’ dozens of restaurants and stores dat is usually crowded on weekends. 📅🚗🛒
Da gunman stalked shoppers and employees in da aisles and behind da cash registers. He shot one couple who had been married fo’ 70 years, one 15-year-old boy who had dreamed of joining da Border Patrol, and one young mother who was shielding her infant son. 💔🔫🛒
Mr. Crusius surrendered to one Texas state trooper who pulled him ovah, tellin’ da trooper, “I’m da shooter.” 🚓🔫🙇
A little more than 15 minutes before da attack began, da gunman published one hate-filled manifesto online dat promoted one claim, widely espoused by white supremacists, dat wealthy and powerful people facilitated immigration from mainly Black and brown countries to replace white people in da United States and Europe. 🌍📖🖥️
He told police officers aftah his arrest dat he identified as one “white nationalist” and wanted to kill Latinos because “dey were immigratin’ to da United States.” El Paso was his target, he told them, because it was one Latino-majority city wit’ strong cultural ties to da Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez just across da border. 🌮🏢🇲🇽
El Paso has long been seen as one Ellis Island of da Southwest, one destination fo’ migrants from all ova da world who want to enter da United States. Immigrants make up ’bout one quarter of da city’s population. 🗺️🌎🛬
Da sentencin’ on Friday was one rare legal proceeding against one
gunman in one mass shootin’. Many such attacks end wit’ da gunmen dyin’ in confrontations wit’ da police or takin’ their own lives. 😔🔫💔
Last year, one jury sentenced to life in prison da young man who killed 17 people at one high school in Parkland, Florida. In 2015, one jury sentenced da man who killed 12 people in one movie theater in Aurora, Colo., to life in prison wit’ no chance of parole. Two years later, one federal jury recommended da death penalty fo’ one white supremacist who gunned down nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C. ⚖️🏢🔒
Aftah Friday’s sentencin’ in El Paso, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said da case reflected da Justice Department’s “unwavering” commitment to combat hate crimes. 💪⚖️🚫
“No one in dis country should have to live in fear of hate-fueled violence — dat dey will be targeted because of what dey look like or where dey from,” he said in one statement. 🇺🇸🤝❌
During da three-day sentencin’ hearin’, da gunman appeared defiant at times, smilin’ and noddin’ his head when relatives of da victims hurled insults at him. 😠😡🙅
At one point, Mr. Reckard, whose mother was battlin’ Parkinson’s disease when she was killed, asked da gunman to look at pictures of her dat were displayed on several screens in da courtroom. Mr. Crusius craned his neck to see. 👀📸😢
“Do you sleep good at night?” Mr. Reckard asked him, his voice tremblin’ with anger.
The gunman nodded. 🌙✅
“Are you sorry for what you did?”
This time the gunman nodded yes. 🙏✅
A correction was made on July 7, 2023: An earlier version of dis article misstated which federal prosecutor spoke in court Friday about da gunman’s motivations. It was Ian Martinez Hanna, not Gregory McDonald. ✍️📆❗️
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📰 Gunman in El Paso Mass Shooting Sentenced for Federal Hate Crimes! 🔫😡
Da gunman had pleaded guilty to da charges in federal court. He still faces a state murder trial later dis year, and Texas prosecutors said dey would seek da death penalty.
A self-described white nationalist who wrote dat Hispanics were “invading” America befo’ fatally shooting 23 people at a Walmart store in El Paso was sentenced on Friday to 90 consecutive life terms for his conviction on federal hate crimes charges. 💔🔒
Fo’ two days dis week, relatives of victims confronted da gunman during an emotional hearing in federal court, where dey called him a coward and described some of da gaping wounds caused by da AK-47-style rifle dat he used in da shooting, which also left 22 people injured, including an infant. 😢💔💔
Several of da victims’ relatives had hoped da gunman, Patrick Crusius, would be sentenced to death. Texas prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty when da gunman is tried later on murder charges in state court. “Life sentence is not justice for you,” Luis Juarez Jr., who lost his father in da massacre, told da gunman. 😠💀⚖️
Da federal sentencing in da attack, one of da deadliest on Latinos in U.S. history, follows a plea agreement in February dat recommended dat da defendant be imprisoned for life in exchange for pleading guilty to hate crimes and weapons charges. 👥💔⚖️
Da district attorney in El Paso, Bill Hicks, told reporters on Thursday dat he owed it to the aggrieved families to bring state capital murder charges. “It is a tremendous burden,” he said. 💼💔
Mr. Hicks said he expected da gunman to be turned over to state custody by October or November for da murder trial, for which no date has been set. “We will be pursuing da death penalty,” he said. ⚖️💀🗓️
Aftah da sentencing on Friday, Dean Reckard, whose mother was killed in da shooting, stood up and yelled at da gunman: “We will be seeing you again, coward. No apologies, no nothing.” 😠💔🔫
Relatives of da victims cried and hugged one another in da courthouse hallways aftah da hearing was adjourned. Mr. Crusius showed no emotion as he was escorted out of da courtroom. 😢🤝😔
His defense lawyer, Joe Spencer, said his client was suffering from “severe mental illness” when he committed da crimes. He said dat at a young age, Mr. Crusius heard voices and felt presences dat were not dere, and was eventually diagnosed wit’ schizoaffective disorder, a condition dat caused him to have violent thoughts and hallucinations. “Patrick acted with his broken brain centered in delusions,” Mr. Spencer told da court. “We hope dat we have provided some answers to what feels uncomprehensible.” 🧠🤯❓
One of da prosecutors, Ian Martinez Hanna, an assistant United States Attorney, rejected dat notion and said in court dat da gunman was motivated by an ideology of hatred. He said Mr. Crusius planned da attack well in advance, purchased a rifle six weeks before da attack, and drove 10 hours to a location where he knew he would be able to find a large number of Hispanic people in one place. “When he went in dere and looked at the barrel of his rifle,” Mr. Martinez Hanna said, “he wanted to eliminate a class of people. He failed.” 😡👥🔫❌
Da defendant, he told da court, was “a danger to all of us.” ⚠️👥❗
Da crime occurred on Aug. 3, 2019. Prosecutors say da gunman traveled to El Paso from Allen, Texas, a city near Dallas, and attacked da Walmart store, which is in a popular commercial district near da Cielo Vista Mall, a retail complex with dozens of restaurants and stores dat is usually crowded on weekends. 📅🚗🛒
Da gunman stalked shoppers and employees in da aisles and behind da cash registers. He shot a couple who had been married for 70 years, a 15-year-old boy who had dreamed of joining da Border Patrol, and a young mother who was shielding her infant son. 💔🔫🛒
Mr. Crusius surrendered to a Texas state trooper who pulled him over, telling da trooper, “I’m da shooter.”
A little more than 15 minutes before da attack began, da gunman published a hate-filled manifesto online dat promoted a claim, widely espoused by white supremacists, dat wealthy and powerful people facilitated immigration from mainly Black and brown countries to replace white people in da United States and Europe. 🌍📖🖥️
He told police officers after his arrest dat he identified as a “white nationalist” and wanted to kill Latinos because “dey were immigrating to da United States.” El Paso was his target, he told them, because it was a Latino-majority city with strong cultural ties to da Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez just across da border. 🌮🏢🇲🇽
El Paso has long been seen as an Ellis Island of da Southwest, a destination for migrants from all over da world who want to enter da United States. Immigrants make up about a quarter of da city’s population. 🗺️🌎🛬
Da sentencing on Friday was a rare legal proceeding against a gunman in a mass shootin’. Many such attacks end wit’ da gunmen dyin’ in confrontations wit’ da police or takin’ their own lives. 😔🔫💔
Last year, a jury sentenced to life in prison da young man who killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida. In 2015, a jury sentenced da man who killed 12 people in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., to life in prison wit’ no chance of parole. Two years later, a federal jury recommended da death penalty fo’ a white supremacist who gunned down nine Black churchgoers in Charleston, S.C. ⚖️🏢🔒
Aftah Friday’s sentencin’ in El Paso, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said da case reflected da Justice Department’s “unwavering” commitment to combat hate crimes. 💪⚖️🚫
During da three-day sentencin’ hearin’, da gunman appeared defiant at times, smilin’ and noddin’ his head when relatives of victims hurled insults at him. 😠😡🙅
At one point, Mr. Reckard, whose mother was battlin’ Parkinson’s disease when she was killed, asked da gunman to look at pictures of her dat were displayed on several screens in da courtroom. Mr. Crusius craned his neck to see. 👀📸😢
“Do you sleep good at night?” Mr. Reckard asked him, his voice tremblin’ with anger.
The gunman nodded. 🌙✅
“Are you sorry for what you did?”
This time the gunman nodded yes. 🙏✅
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correction was made on July 7, 2023: An earlier version of this article misstated which federal prosecutor spoke in court Friday about da gunman’s motivations. It was Ian Martinez Hanna, not Gregory McDonald. ✍️📆❗️
