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El Paso Matters on MSN11dOpinion
Opinion: I lost my mother in the Walmart mass shooting. DA James Montoya let us down
El Paso’s district attorney hasn’t been transparent about his death penalty decision in the Aug. 3, 2019, mass shooting, a ...
El Paso Matters on MSN15d
Most families of Walmart shooting victims wanted the case to end, District Attorney James Montoya says
District Attorney James Montoya had a news conference Tuesday to explain his decision against seeking the death penalty in the Aug. 3, 2019, racist mass shooting at El Paso Walmart ...
Family of victim James Montoya expresses frustrations 2 years after murder in Colorado
Two years after a Lakewood man went missing, the man Denver police believe murdered him is still on the loose.
El Paso Walmart mass shooter may avoid death penalty, DA says. Plea hearing set for April
El Paso DA James Montoya says he won't seek the death penalty for Patrick Crusius, who killed 23 people at a Walmart in 2019.
The Associated Press on MSN15d
Gunman who killed 23 in attack at El Paso Walmart offered plea deal to avoid death penalty
Related: El Paso Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius, from Allen, sentenced to 90 life terms The announcement by El Paso County ...
Violent crime victims remembered during El Paso District Attorney's Office ceremony
The ceremony was held at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 6, at the Crime Victims Memorial at Yucca Park near Yarbrough Drive in El ...
USA Today15d
Texas prosecutors will no longer pursue the death penalty in 2019 Walmart attack
El Paso District Attorney James Montoya explained the decision to reporters Tuesday, a change that marks an about-face in the state’s approach but comes, Montoya said, as many family members of ...
CBS News6d
Colorado family hopes son's killer will be caught 2 years after his murder
James Montoya was last seen leaving the Hangar Bar in Lakewood on April 2, 2023. At the time, CBS Colorado's Olivia Young spoke with his family as they searched for him. Two years later ...
DA: Victims’ families want Walmart case ‘done with as soon as possible’
El Paso District Attorney James Montoya said the decision to no longer seek the death penalty for confessed Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius comes after he met with the victims’ families, saying “they ...
KTSM 9 News on MSN9d
Family of Walmart victim says they just wanted to move on
It’s been nearly a week since El Paso District Attorney James Montoya announced that his office will no longer seek the death ...