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Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attack
Read full article: Texas Walmart shooter agrees to pay more than $5M to families over 2019 racist attackA white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 has agreed to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims.
How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacres
Read full article: How DOJ made different death penalty decisions in the Pittsburgh synagogue and Texas mall massacresRobert Bowers killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue and he's facing a possible death sentence at his ongoing trial.
Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penalty
Read full article: Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may still face death penaltyA white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas has been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison.
Families confront the Texas Walmart gunman in court. Some forgive him, others want the death penalty
Read full article: Families confront the Texas Walmart gunman in court. Some forgive him, others want the death penaltyFamily members of the 23 people killed in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart are confronting the gunman face-to-face in court for the first time since the 2019 massacre.
The Texas shooter in a racist Walmart attack is going to prison. Here's what to know about the case
Read full article: The Texas shooter in a racist Walmart attack is going to prison. Here's what to know about the caseThe Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist 2019 attack at a Walmart has returned to federal court for sentencing.
Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunman
Read full article: Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunmanA law enforcement official says federal investigators are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology.
Posts show mall gunman researched attack, had Nazi tattoos
Read full article: Posts show mall gunman researched attack, had Nazi tattoosThe man accused of killing eight people and wounding several others in a mass shooting at a suburban Dallas shopping mall researched when it was busiest and posted photos on social media in mid-April of a store near where he ultimately started his attack.
Death penalty not sought for alleged El Paso Walmart shooter
Read full article: Death penalty not sought for alleged El Paso Walmart shooterFederal prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting nearly two dozen people in a racist attack at a West Texas Walmart in 2019.
Biden nominates 7 for US attorney, judge and marshal slots
Read full article: Biden nominates 7 for US attorney, judge and marshal slotsThe Biden administrating is putting forth seven new Justice Department and judicial nominations covering three U.S. attorney’s offices in Texas and other senior posts.
22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came from
Read full article: 22 mass shootings. 374 dead. Here's where the guns came fromThe suspects in the shootings at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school and a Buffalo, New York, supermarket were both just 18 when authorities say they bought the weapons used in the attacks.
Widower's death extends mourning tied to El Paso massacre
Read full article: Widower's death extends mourning tied to El Paso massacreA man who drew worldwide sympathy and support after his wife was killed in the 2019 mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart is being remembered as kind and thoughtful but unable to get over the loss of the woman he loved.
Garden to open for El Paso Walmart shooting 2nd anniversary
Read full article: Garden to open for El Paso Walmart shooting 2nd anniversaryOfficials in the border city of El Paso are unveiling a garden meant to bring healing two years after a gunman targeting Latinos opened fire at a Walmart, killing 23 people in an attack that stunned the U.S. and Mexico.
Lawyer: El Paso shooting suspect has 'mental disabilities'
Read full article: Lawyer: El Paso shooting suspect has 'mental disabilities'Patrick Crusius has been diagnosed with severe, lifelong neurological and mental disabilities and was treated with antipsychotic medication following his arrest moments after the massacre in El Paso, his attorneys wrote in a court filing. The court record also states Crusius was in special education for much of his schooling, but does not elaborate on his mental health. Crusius was arrested soon after the Aug. 3 shooting. Soon before the attack, he posted a racist screed online that railed against Hispanics coming to the U.S., according to prosecutors. Federal prosecutors are opposing the request and have said the Attorney General will decide whether to seek the death penalty.
DA: Walmart mass shooting suspect will face new charges
Read full article: DA: Walmart mass shooting suspect will face new chargesEL PASO, Texas The man accused of killing 22 people at a Walmart in Texas is expected to be reindicted Thursday as he faces another murder charge in the mass shooting that targeted Mexicans, prosecutors said. Patrick Crusius of Allen, Texas, is currently being held without bond on one count of capital murder of multiple people under Texas state law. Esparza said Crusius will also face more counts in relation to the dozens of people injured in the shooting. Were reindicting the defendant to include the additional death and to include all of those injured in the Walmart shooting in order to give the next DA all of their options, Esparza added. Crusius already faces the death penalty on a state capital murder charge to which he pleaded not guilty last year.