The man accused of killing 23 Walmart shoppers during a 2019 mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, is scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges next month, court records show.
A gag order issued in state district court prevents lawyers, witnesses, family members, or anyone else connected to the case from discussing it.faces the death penalty in state court, where he is charged with one count of capital murder of multiple persons and 22 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
No trial date has been set in state court. A federal trial was scheduled for 2024; jury selection would have started in January of that year. Crusius, of Allen, Texas, is accused of driving from the Dallas suburb to El Paso with a variant of an AK-47 assault rifle and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, according to the federal indictment.
Prior to the shooting, he allegedly uploaded a racist tirade online claiming his attack was “a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.” Crusius then allegedly gunned down people in the parking lot and inside the East El Paso Walmart located near Cielo Vista Mall, leaving 23 people dead.
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