A white supremacist who massacred 23 Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in the border city of El Paso in 2019 could receive multiple life sentences and the death penalty.
The gunman was mirroring rhetoric that continues to be used by some conservative political and media figures, saying that large-scale migration from south of the border is an “invasion” and part of a “great replacement” of white people by people of color.
Patrick Crusius has pleaded guilty to 90 counts against him including committing a hate crime resulting in death. Before the attack he posted racist material against Mexicans online.