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.
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.
Walmart’s Grand Candela lacks 23rd column; some names missing from plaques
EL PASO, Texas The Grand Candela Memorial, it stands just feet away from the entrance to the Cielo Vista Walmart where 23 lives were stolen, dozens more injured and countless others impacted forever.
Back in November 2019, just a few months after that horrific day, that Walmart store reopened and the Grand Candela was unveiled as a permanent memorial to the victims of the Aug. 3 mass shooting.
At the time, 22 columns rose from the ground representing the 22 lives lost back then.
But tragically, El Paso lost one more life five months later on April 25, 2020: Coach Memo Garcia.