2019 El Paso Walmart Shooter Pleads Guilty to Murdering 23 People, Sentenced to Life in Prison

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Sentenced to life: El Paso Walmart mass shooter pleads guilty, receives life in prison

Aaron Martinez Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to the 2019 El Paso Walmart mass shooting, receiving a life sentence.

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Gunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso pleads guilty to capital murder

The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso — one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history — pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court.

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Texas gunman who killed 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder

Crusius was 21 years old when authorities say he drove for more than 10 hours from his home in suburban Dallas to El Paso and opened fire at the Walmart, which is popular with shoppers from Mexico and the US.

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