2019 El Paso Walmart shooting

2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
2019 El Paso Walmart shooting
	Surveillance camera screenshot showing Crusius at the Walmart entrance
Location	7101 Gateway West Blvd.; El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Coordinates	31°46′38″N 106°23′03″W / 31.7771°N 106.3843°W
Date	August 3, 2019 ; 10:37 – 10:42 a.m. (MDT UTC−06:00)
Target	Hispanics
Attack type	Mass shooting, hate crime, mass murder, domestic terrorism, right-wing terrorism
Weapons	WASR-10 semi-automatic rifle
Deaths	23
Injured	22
Perpetrator	Patrick Wood Crusius
Motive	Far-right extremism; Anti-immigration; Racism; White supremacy; Belief in the white genocide conspiracy theory and the Great Replacement conspiracy theory; Ecofascism;
Verdict	Federal, state:; Pleaded guilty
Convictions	Federal convictions: Hate crime resulting in death (23 counts); Use of a firearm to commit murder during and in relation to a crime of violence (23 counts); Hate crimes involving an attempt to kill (22 counts); Use of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence (22 counts); State convictions: Capital murder; Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (22 counts);
Sentence	Federal:; 90 consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole; State:; 23 concurrent life sentences without the possibility of parole
Location of Texas and the United States:
	El Paso El Paso (Texas) El Paso El Paso (the United States)

On August 3, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, United States. The gunman, 21-year-old Patrick Wood Crusius, shot 45 people, killing 23 and injuring 22 others. The Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime. The shooting has been described as the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history.

Crusius surrendered and was arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting. He posted a manifesto with white nationalist and anti-immigrant themes on the imageboard 8chan shortly before the attack. The manifesto cites the Christchurch mosque shootings earlier that year and the far-right conspiracy theory known as the Great Replacement as inspiration for the attack. In 2023, Crusius pleaded guilty to 90 federal murder and hate crime charges, and he was sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences.

In March 2025, El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya offered a plea deal on state charges, allowing Crusius to avoid the death penalty by pleading guilty in exchange for a life sentence without parole or appeal. This decision followed consultations with victims' families, many of whom preferred a swift resolution. Crusius pleaded guilty to the state charges on April 21, 2025, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.