The removal of the death penalty as an option could lead to a quick guilty plea and life sentence, as happened with federal charges in 2023.
El Paso shooting
More than 20 people were killed in an Aug. 3, 2019, shooting rampage at a Walmart in El Paso. The gunman, who was arrested and charged with capital murder, is also facing possible federal domestic terrorism charges. Read The Texas Tribune’s coverage of the shooting and its aftermath.
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Defense lawyers allege prosecutorial misconduct in El Paso Walmart shooting case
Attorneys for the man facing trial in the killings of 23 people accused prosecutors of improper witness contact and violating confidential attorney-client communication.
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Five years after mass shooting, El Paso dedicates a new memorial to the victims
Saturday marks five years since a gunman killed 23 people and injured 22 others in a racially-motivated massacre.
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Gunman in 2019 El Paso mass shooting receives 90 life sentences
Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday in federal court. He still faces state charges, and the local district attorney says he intends to seek the death penalty.
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“I want them to haunt you”: Man who killed 23 at El Paso Walmart hears from victims’ families
During the gunman’s sentencing, relatives of those killed nearly four years ago are telling him how he upended their lives.
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Chaos surrounding rookie El Paso DA Yvonne Rosales fuels concerns about Walmart massacre prosecution
Mistakes and backbiting have engulfed the El Paso County district attorney’s office. Some question whether she is competent to handle one of the most high-profile death penalty cases in recent Texas history.
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El Paso lawmaker aids Uvalde shooting investigation three years after massacre in his city
State Rep. Joe Moody rushed to the site of a mass shooting in his city in 2019, then warned House colleagues that it would happen again as they passed a permitless carry bill. Now he’s at the center of the investigation into the Uvalde massacre.
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“I think of them always,” survivor of El Paso Walmart shooting says of those who were killed three years ago
Speaking out for the first time, an El Paso mom recounts the moments from a bank inside the Walmart where 23 people were fatally shot and dozens more were injured in 2019.
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“Forgiveness isn’t given lightly”: El Pasoans balance healing with anger a year after Walmart massacre
An undercurrent of fear and anger remains in the Texas city one year after a gunman confessed to targeting Hispanic people in one of the state’s deadliest mass shootings.
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El Pasoans remember victims of the Walmart shooting one year later
A year after the mass shooting in El Paso, where 23 people were killed at a Walmart in what was the worst attack on Latinos in modern U.S. history, we sent Tribune photographers to document a city still in mourning.