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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEl Paso suspect said he was targeting 'Mexicans,' told officers he was the shooter, police say
Source: Washington Post
El Paso suspect said he was targeting Mexicans, told officers he was the shooter, police say
By Robert Moore and Mark Berman August 9 at 1:42 PM
EL PASO The suspect accused of killing 22 people at an El Paso Walmart last week told authorities that he was targeting Mexicans and confessed to carrying out the shooting rampage when he surrendered to authorities, according to police.
Law enforcement officials responding to the scene spotted a car stopped at an intersection not far from the Walmart, an El Paso police detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by The Washington Post.
They then saw a man identified as Patrick Crusius, the 21-year-old charged with capital murder in the case get out of the car with his hands in the air, the affidavit said.
He told them, Im the shooter, Det. Adrian Garcia said in the affidavit, which was written on Sunday, the day after the shooting.
Authorities believe Crusius was the author of a statement posted online shortly before the attack that decried what it called a Hispanic invasion of Texas.
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By Robert Moore and Mark Berman August 9 at 1:42 PM
EL PASO The suspect accused of killing 22 people at an El Paso Walmart last week told authorities that he was targeting Mexicans and confessed to carrying out the shooting rampage when he surrendered to authorities, according to police.
Law enforcement officials responding to the scene spotted a car stopped at an intersection not far from the Walmart, an El Paso police detective wrote in an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by The Washington Post.
They then saw a man identified as Patrick Crusius, the 21-year-old charged with capital murder in the case get out of the car with his hands in the air, the affidavit said.
He told them, Im the shooter, Det. Adrian Garcia said in the affidavit, which was written on Sunday, the day after the shooting.
Authorities believe Crusius was the author of a statement posted online shortly before the attack that decried what it called a Hispanic invasion of Texas.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/el-paso-suspect-said-he-was-targeting-mexicans-told-officers-he-was-the-shooter-police-say/2019/08/09/ab235e18-bac9-11e9-b3b4-2bb69e8c4e39_story.html
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El Paso suspect said he was targeting 'Mexicans,' told officers he was the shooter, police say (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2019
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bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)1. This is why DJT called him a coward for not going out in a hail of bullets
The last thing DJT wants is his fan-boy grinning and spouting off about why and how he decided to "target Mexicans".
Someone putting context behind their screed/manifesto means their denial spin will be completely rubbished from the start.
They can spin a dead "loony", nearly impossible to spin a live MAGAt.
The last thing DJT wants is his fan-boy grinning and spouting off about why and how he decided to "target Mexicans".
Dead men tell no tales
rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)3. The murder in Dayton was targeting African Americans.