The gunman who killed 23 people and wounded 22 others at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 will begin serving his life sentences in a state prison in Texas after his scheduled guilty plea next week, a spokesperson for the federal prison system told El Paso Matters.
“The sovereign which first arrested the offender has primary jurisdiction over the offender for purposes of trial, sentencing, and incarceration,” said Donald Murphy, spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons. “A review of this matter reveals Mr. (Patrick) Crusius was initially arrested by local authorities and is currently under the primary jurisdiction of the state of Texas. Should he be sentenced on their charges, he would enter the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for service of his sentence.”
Officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, which oversees the state prison system, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from El Paso Matters…