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Victims' Relatives Turn to Walmart Shooter—With Hugs

The message for El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius: 'Love is better than hate'

(Newser) - As Yolanda Tinajero sat opposite the man who opened fire on an El Paso Walmart in 2019, the main thing on her mind was forgiveness. In a victim impact statement on Tuesday, 71-year-old Tinajero, whose brother was among 23 people killed in the shooting, told 26-year-old Patrick Crusius that she...

Gunman in Walmart Mass Shooting Will Take Deal to Avoid Death Penalty

2019 mass shooter expected to plead guilty Monday

(Newser) - The long-running criminal case against a Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019 is on the verge of coming to a close. Patrick Crusius, 26, is expected to plead guilty Monday to capital murder and receive...

Walmart Shooting Survivor Files a Big Lawsuit

Donya Prioleau wants the company to pay $50M in damages

(Newser) - In the aftermath of the mass shooting at a Walmart in Virginia last week, store employee Donya Prioleau was widely quoted in the media as making this jarring statement: "I just watched three of my friends killed in front of me," she said. Now Prioleau wants Walmart to...

One of the Walmart Victims Was a 16-Year-Old Employee

Names of 5 of the 6 victims have been released

(Newser) - Five of the six people who were killed in a Virginia Walmart on Tuesday night have been identified in a news release from the city of Chesapeake; the name of the sixth person is being withheld because he was just 16. CNN reports all were Walmart employees. Those killed were...

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