El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius pleads guilty, gets life without parole
- Patrick Crusius pleaded guilty to capital murder for the 2019 El Paso Walmart shooting that killed 23 people, including Yolanda Tinajero's brother, Arturo Benavides.
- Yolanda Tinajero forgave Crusius during the hearing, expressing a desire to embrace him, while court attendees expressed mixed feelings of anger and forgiveness.
- El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya decided against pursuing the death penalty, influenced by victims' relatives wanting resolution.
- Defense attorney Joe Spencer stated that the plea agreement brought 'judicial finality' and revealed Crusius's struggles with schizoaffective disorder.
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A woman hugs the man who fatally shot her brother and 22 more in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart
Speaking to the gunman who killed her brother and 22 other people, Yolanda Tinajero did not raise her voice or condemn him for his racist attack at a Walmart in 2019. Instead she told him Tuesday that she forgave him, and wished she could give him a hug.

What families told the Texas Walmart gunman who killed their loved ones in a racist attack
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‘It’s Just Going Out in Attaud’: Patrick Crusius Sentenced for Armed Attack on Mexicans in Texas · Global Voices
Patrick Crusius, the man who killed 23 people in a Walmart in Texas in 2019, in a shooting attack targeting Mexicans and Hispanics, pleaded guilty this Monday to murder punishable by capital punishment, and was reprimanded by a judge for the racist attack in El Paso, near the U.S.-Mexico border.Patrick Crusius, a 26-year-old white man who did not finish his studies at a community college, was wearing a striped monkey, shackles and a protective v…
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