One
day after the attack
that shook the city of Allen, Texas, the Police managed to identify the shooter who caused 8 deaths and who was killed after the episode in a crowded
shopping center
.
According to United States media, the suspect had shared content on social networks referring to
white supremacism and neo-Nazism.
The attacker was identified as
Mauricio García, 33 years old
.
The man had been killed by a local police officer in the episode that occurred at the Allen Premium Outlets, 40 km north of Dallas.
An hour after the fact, the Police carried out an operation at an address that coincided with that of
Garcia's parents
.
In addition, police agents
searched a hotel
where the perpetrator of the massacre would have stayed and
found ammunition
.
The shooter regularly interacted with
white supremacist communities on the Internet
.
Investigators claimed that he had several social media profiles and that he posted
neo-Nazi content
.
In addition, they revealed a lurid detail: Garcia was wearing a patch on his chest
at the time of the attack
.
The inscription read
RWDS
.
According to
CNN
, although its meaning is not yet defined, it could be an acronym for
"Right Wing Death Squad"
("Death Squad of the Right Wing", in Spanish).
The front of the house that would belong to the parents of Mauricio Garcia, the Texas shooter who caused 8 deaths.
AP Photo
The man's neighbors, who
lived in Dallas
, were surprised.
One of them said that he "came to and from work
like clockwork
," while another person quoted by
NBC
said: "Just thinking that someone lives a few houses away who can do that
is scary and makes you wary
."
The suspect broke into the Allen outlet, a giant mall with more than 100 stores and thousands of visitors every weekend, around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
He got out of his gray car
in the parking lot, strapped on an
automatic weapon
, and began
shooting randomly
into the crowd.
He used an
AR-15 rifle
, one of the most popular in America.
He has already been used in other massacres, such as the Robb de Uvalde primary massacre, which occurred in May 2022 in South Texas.
Garcia also carried a gun.
He was dressed in
a bulletproof vest, a tactical belt, and
dark military clothing.
Although it is not yet known how many minutes he was shooting, more than 100 fired cartridges were found at the crime scene.
The attacker killed eight people and
injured seven others
before a local policeman, alerted by the noise, shot him down.
A wreath at the Allen mall where a shooter killed eight people.
Photo EFE
"Mental health": the Texas governor's refusal to restrict gun sales
President Joe Biden declared this Sunday
five days of national mourning
after the shooting, "as a sign of respect for the victims of senseless acts of violence."
For his part, the governor of Texas, Republican Greg Abbott, attributed the increase in "anger and violence" to
mental health problems
.
"What Texas is doing in a big way is we're working to address that anger and violence, but going to its root cause, which is addressing mental health issues," he told Fox. "People want a quick fix
.
The long-term solution here is to address the mental health issue.
"
Abbott thus dismissed Biden's call for a bill to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
In Texas, there are no limits to the amount of ammunition that can be purchased, and it is completely legal for an 18-year-old to buy an assault rifle, even though federal law requires you to wait until you are 21 to purchase
a
.
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