Texas mall shooting latest: Frenzied police audio reveals terror during Allen outlet massacre

Texas outlet mall shooting
When a gunman opened fire on people shopping at Allen Premium Outlets in Texas, police scramble to locate and subdue the suspect.
Police audio recordings recently released revealed that gunman Mauricio Garcia was still firing when authorities arrived at the scene on Saturday (6 May).
Eight people, including three young children, died and seven others were injured after Garcia, 33, brought a supply of eight legally purchased guns to the mall to carry out the shooting.
The gunman had left signs on his digital footprint that he was planning an attack on the branches, particularly on his profile on a Russian website that police confirmed on Tuesday as belonging to him.
One of the posts reviewed by the independent, was a video posted on the day of the shooting showing Garcia undressing one Scream Ghostface mask that reads, “Not quite what you expected, right?”
The video appeared to be his final message amid a plethora of Nazi images and hateful abuse against women and racial minorities posted in the run-up to the massacre.
ICYMI: Authorities investigate Texas shooter’s ideology
Law enforcement is investigating the ideology of 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, who killed eight people and injured seven others in a mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday.
Garcia displayed “neo-Nazi ideas,” Hank Sibley, a regional director with the Texas Department of Security, said in a news conference Tuesday.
The gunman had tattoos of Nazi symbols and was found with a patch on his body armor that read “RWDS,” an acronym for “Right Wing Death Squad” — a popular saying among right-wing extremists.
According to law enforcement, the FBI is investigating Garcia’s ideology by examining his electronic devices and interviewing Garcia’s family members.
Maroosha MuzaffarMay 10, 2023 4:30 am
Posts show the shooter at a Texas mall spent weeks researching the attack
Posts by Mauricio Garcia on a Russian social networking site suggest he planned for weeks before opening fire on a mall in suburban Dallas last weekend, killing eight people and injuring seven others.
Garcia, 33, was researching when the mall in Allen was busiest – Saturday afternoon – and in mid-April he posted photos to social media of a store near where he finally launched his attack last Saturday, linked to the Killing by police ended.
His online activity also betrayed a fascination with white supremacy and mass shootings, which he described as a sport. Photos released by Garcia showed large Nazi tattoos on his arm and torso, including a swastika and the SS Blitz logo of Adolf Hitler’s paramilitary forces.
Ariana BaioMay 10, 2023 6:00 am
Elon Musk appears to be harboring a conspiracy theory that the Texas shooting was a ‘psyop’.
Elon Musk appears to be entertaining the idea that the mass shooting of a right-wing extremist at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas on Saturday was a “psyop,” or psychological surgery.
Mr Musk, the owner and CEO of Twitter, responded to a series of tweets on Monday in which he suggested initial coverage of the suspect’s apparent right-wing motives was “suspicious” and that the shooting was “a psyop “ act.
“This is getting weirder by the moment,” he wrote in response.
Mr Musk later doubled down on his comments: vocation It’s “either the weirdest story ever or a very bad psyop!”
Maroosha MuzaffarMay 10, 2023 6:30 am
Twitter is under fire for allowing graphic images of mass shooting victims in Texas to circulate for hours
In the days after a mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets in Texas, footage circulated on Twitter showing the immediate and horrific aftermath of the shooting.
Unwitting Twitter users opened the social media platform on Monday and saw a video showing several victims lying on the ground covered in blood with some body parts visible.
Another video showed the deceased shooter with blood pouring from his body. Stills from the video were shared separately.
For hours, the footage tracked people’s “For You” feeds. Even those who weren’t looking for the content stumbled upon it.
Ariana BaioMay 10, 2023 07:00
A gunman at a Texas mall carried eight guns into the mass shooting, police confirm
The gunman who killed eight people and injured seven others at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, brought eight guns with him, police confirmed in a news conference.
Mauricio Garcia, 33, the man whom police identified as the gunman, used an AR-15 rifle to carry out the mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday (May 6).
But according to police, Garcia owned seven other guns.
“He had eight guns on him,” Hank Sibley, the Texas Department of Security’s regional director, said Tuesday.
Ariana BaioMay 10, 2023 8:00 am
The shooting victim is being hailed as a hero for helping a person get to safety before they were killed
Christian LaCour, 20, a security guard who works at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, was remembered as a hero on Tuesday after it was revealed he helped keep others safe before he died on Saturday was shot in a mass shooting.
Allen Police Department Chief Brian Harvey said LaCour helped get one person to safety and stayed on the scene to help others when 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia shot him.
Garcia murdered eight people, including children, at the outlet mall before police shot him dead.
LaCour’s sister, Breanna Smith, recalled her brother in an interview with CNN.
“Christian was a sweet, caring young man who was dearly loved by our family,” she said.
Christian LaCour was killed in the Allen, Texas shooting
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Ariana BaioMay 10, 2023 09:00
Elon Musk responds to theories that the shooter was a ‘psyop’
Elon Musk appeared to be entertaining the idea that Saturday’s mass shooting of a far-right extremist at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, was a “psyop,” or psychological surgery.
Mr Musk, the owner and CEO of Twitter, responded to a series of tweets on Monday in which he suggested initial coverage of the suspect’s apparent right-wing motives was “suspicious” and that the shooting was “a psyop “ act.
“This is getting weirder by the moment,” he wrote in response.
A profile reportedly belonging to the shooter, whom police identified as Mauricio Garcia, shared extremist views on mass shootings and white supremacy. The same profile also praised Libs from TikTok, a Twitter account owned by right-wing activist Chaya Raichik that caters to the LGBT+ community. Mr Musk frequently interacts with the Libs of TikTok Twitter account.
Mr Musk later doubled down on his comments: vocation It’s “either the weirdest story ever or a very bad psyop!”
ariana.baioMay 10, 2023 10:00
Witness to Texas mall shooting says he ‘loves guns’ but US must take action
A gun owner who rushed to the Allen, Texas crime scene to rescue victims said it was time the US changed its policy on semi-automatic weapons.
Eight people were killed before a police officer, who responded to an unrelated call, managed to kill 33-year-old gunman Mauricio Garcia.
In response to calls for “thoughts and prayers” from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other politicians, Mr Spainhouer said CNN Those wishes are not enough to address the worrying epidemic of gun violence in the United States.
Mr. Spainhouer, a former police officer and self-proclaimed gun enthusiast, noted that regulations had never been more important when buying semi-automatic rifles like those used in America’s recent gun massacre.
“There used to be a ban on assault weapons nationwide,” Spainhouer told the network, likely referring to the federal ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004. “We can do that at the state level.” We can set warning signals. We can limit high capacity cartridges. We can stop putting guns like the AR-15 in the hands of people who don’t need them.”
Maroosha MuzaffarMay 10, 2023 10:30 am
Shooting lasted only 3-4 minutes
According to police, the mass shooting lasted only three to four minutes in Allen, Texas on Saturday (May 6).
In the short time the gunman was at large, eight people died and seven others were injured.
Hank Sibley, the regional director for the Texas Department of Safety, said in a Tuesday statement press conference They estimated the shooting lasted only minutes before a police officer shot Garica dead.
Ariana BaioMay 10, 2023 11:00 am
The victim of the Texas mall shooting, Christian LaCour, was hailed as a hero for getting a person to safety before they were killed
Christian LaCour, 20, a security guard who works at an outlet mall in Allen, Texaswas remembered as hero On Tuesday it was revealed he was helping carry others to safety before he was shot dead during an attack mass shooting on Saturday.
everyone police Department chief Brian Harvey said LaCour helped get one person to safety and stayed on the scene to help others when 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia shot him.
Garcia murdered eight people, including children, at the outlet mall before police shot him dead.
LaCour’s sister, Breanna Smith, recalled her brother in an interview with CNN.
“Christian was a sweet, caring young man who was dearly loved by our family,” she said.
Maroosha MuzaffarMay 10, 2023 11:30 am