# Active shooter at El Paso Walmart; at least 18 shot \[3-AUG-2019\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-el-paso-walmart-at-least-18-shot-3-aug-2019/838124 "2019-08-03T18:18:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-el-paso-walmart-at-least-18-shot-3-aug-2019/838124/121 "2019-08-10T18:53:50Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > If he sticks to his story about not ‘intending’ to cause a panic, can he be held responsible if one ensues? I expect he can be. Intention can affect what one is charged with or how one is punished, but it does not absolve one of all responsibility for the consequences of one’s actions. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-el-paso-walmart-at-least-18-shot-3-aug-2019/838124/122 "2019-08-19T17:18:35Z")
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-el-paso-walmart-at-least-18-shot-3-aug-2019/838124/123 "2025-03-26T14:17:04Z")
> El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya said during a news conference that his decision in the prosecution of Patrick Crusius, who drove across the state for one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history and posted a racist screed just before opening fire, was driven by a majority of victims’ relatives who wanted the case behind them. > > “This is about allowing the families of the 23 victims who lost their lives on that horrific day — and the 22 wounded — to finally have resolution in our court system,” Montoya said in a statement. > **[Gunman who killed 23 in racist attack at Texas Walmart is offered plea deal...](https://apnews.com/article/el-paso-walmart-shooting-texas-death-penalty-d47db8f41f498942747a36907cb23269)** > > The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history has been offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. This was at the state level. Note that on the Federal level: > **[Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences and may...](https://apnews.com/article/el-paso-walmart-shooting-crusius-6e8b5f654d9c2b51e377c09bfdda9caf)** > > A white gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas has been sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences in federal prison. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-el-paso-walmart-at-least-18-shot-3-aug-2019/838124/124 "2025-04-20T11:31:39Z")
> Patrick Crusius, 26, is expected to plead guilty Monday to capital murder and receive a sentence of life in prison with no possibility of parole for the massacre near the U.S.-Mexico border. El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya said last month he was [offering Crusius a plea deal](https://apnews.com/article/el-paso-walmart-shooting-texas-death-penalty-d47db8f41f498942747a36907cb23269) and that he wouldn’t face the death penalty on the state charge. > **[Man who fatally shot 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder...](https://apnews.com/article/el-paso-texas-walmart-shooting-plea-hearing-479ddea85462483cd23b6217925b11f3)** > > Nearly six years after a man fatally shot 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas near the U.S. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/active-shooter-at-el-paso-walmart-at-least-18-shot-3-aug-2019/838124.md?page=6)