90 Life Sentences After Texas Man Pleads Guilty to 2019 Walmart Massacre

The Texas man who opened fire on Hispanic shoppers at an El Paso Walmart, killing 23 people, has pleaded guilty in a recent court hearing. He was sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole as a result.

What Was the Walmart Mass Shooting in El Paso, Texas?

On August 3, 2019, El Paso police responded to a shots fired call at the Cielo Vista Walmart at 10:30 in the morning.

When they arrived, officers were met with widespread panic as shoppers frantically shouted that there was a man with a gun shooting people inside the store.

The shooter, Patrick Crusius who was 21-years-old at the time, drove about 700 miles from his hometown of Allen, TX, to El Paso. Once he made it to his destination, he exited his vehicle at the Walmart parking lot and opened fire.

He struck and killed multiple shoppers before heading inside to continue his massacre. He then shot nine people in the bank inside the store before heading into the aisles where he shot and killed an additional nine more.

In total, Crusius was responsible for the deaths of 23 people and the serious injuries of dozens more.

After the massacre, Crusius fled the store before police arrived. It only took six minutes for the first officer to arrive on the scene, but that was too late.

Crusius then turned himself in just minutes after the attack. He allegedly admitted to the officer that he shot those people because he wanted to stop the invasion of Mexican immigrants into America.

Patrick Crusius' Guilty Plea

Crusius pleaded guilty to one count of capital murder of multiple persons and 22 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to the El Paso Times, he received a life sentence for each count. This was in addition to the other charges that were brought against him, including hate crimes and 45 firearm violations resulting in a total of 90 life sentences that he will serve concurrently.