El Paso Mass Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in 22 Deaths

El Paso Mass Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in 22 Deaths
El Paso Walmart shooting suspect Patrick Crusius is arraigned in the 409th state District Court with Judge Sam Medrano presiding on Oct. 10, 2019 Mark Lambie/The El Paso Times via AP, Pool
The Associated Press
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EL PASO, Texas—The 21-year-old man charged with capital murder in the fatal shooting of 22 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, pleaded not guilty on Thursday during a brief initial hearing.

Police have said Patrick Crusius of Dallas confessed to the Aug. 3 mass shooting and that he targeted Mexicans. Some two-dozen people survived the attack with injuries, and two of them remain in the hospital, hospital officials said.