The Justice Department has declined to seek the death penalty against the man who allegedly shot and killed 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in 2019.
The brief filed by prosecutors Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas did not detail why they made the decision not to pursue the death penalty.
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The one-sentence filing simply said that “the Government will not seek the death penalty in the instant case.”
Patrick Crusius, 24, is behind bars for what prosecutors say was a mass shooting targeting people of Mexican origin at a Walmart superstore on Aug. 3, 2019. He is facing dozens of charges, including 22 counts of committing a hate crime resulting in death, 22 counts of use of a firearm to commit murder, 23 counts of a hate crime involving an attempt to kill, and 23 counts of use of a firearm during a crime.
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Crusius has pleaded not guilty to the various charges brought against him. The federal court case against Crusius is set for trial in January 2024, with cases against him in state court still pending.
