Patrick Crusius, 24, was sentenced to life in prison on each of 90 federal charges he pleaded guilty to earlier this year in connection with the Aug. 3, 2019, mass shooting that killed 23 people and injured dozens more at an east El Paso Walmart.
More than 50 people sat in the courtroom Friday morning, while more sat in an overflow room to watch the gunman sentenced on monitors showing the proceeding.
The gunman, who was wearing a blue jailhouse jumpsuit with his hands and ankles in cuffs, did not address the court before the sentence was handed down. He was provided the opportunity to speak in court on the first day of the hearing but declined. The gunman then fled the scene in his vehicle, but minutes later pulled over at a nearby intersection, got out of his car and surrendered to a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper responding to reports of the mass shooting. The gunman told the trooper, "I'm the shooter," court documents state.
In February, the gunman pleaded guilty to 90 federal charges in connection with the shooting. The charges were 23 counts of hate crimes resulting in death, 23 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence, 22 counts of hate crimes involving an attempt to kill, and 22 counts of use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.The sentencing marks the end of the federal criminal case against the gunman.
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