Texas mall shooting

The eight people gunned down at the outlet mall have been identified by school officials, the Texas Department of Public Safety and a verified online fundraiser. They are: • Kyu Song Cho, 37 • Cindy Cho, 35 • James Cho, 3 • Daniela Mendoza, 4th grade • Sofia Mendoza, 2nd grade • Aishwarya Thatikonda, 26 • Elio Cumana-Rivas, 32 • Christian LeCour, 23 Read more about the victims here. Antonio Planas The "hero" police officer who shot and killed the gunman Saturday "saved an untold number of lives that day," Allen City Council member Dave Cornette said. The officer, who happened to be at the shopping center, has not been publicly identified. "I met the officer, shook their hand and thanked the officer for being a hero," Cornette said in a statement Monday. "I told the officer if they or their family needed anything please reach [out] and I will see that their needs are met." "There is absolutely no doubt the officer saved an untold number of lives that day," he said. Graphic videos and images of the aftermath of two bloody events over the weekend in Texas — It was imagery that David Hogg, a gun control advocate and survivor of the “Well I saw a significantly higher number of photos and videos of dead people from the most recent mass shooting in Texas on my For you page and timeline yesterday than I ever had seen before,” Hogg The concern was offset by some calls for the graphic images to be more widely distributed, a decades-old argument that has gained some renewed momentum ...

Families and officials are releasing the names of the Daniela Mendoza and Sofia Mendoza Two young sisters, Daniela Mendoza, 11, and Sofia Mendoza, 8, died in the rampage at the Allen Premium Outlets mall, according to a message to families from Superintendent David Vinson of the Wylie Independent School District. Daniela Mendoza was in fourth grade and Sofia Mendoza was in second grade at Cox Elementary in Sachse, Vinson said. Principal Krista Wilson described the girls as "rays of sunshine," according to Vinson. Their mother, Ida, was one of the seven other people wounded in the shooting and was in critical condition, the superintendent said. Cindy Cho, Kyu Cho and James Cho A 3-year-old boy, James Cho, and his parents, Cindy and Kyu, were also killed, John Jun, a co-founder of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Korean American Coalition, confirmed to CBS News. The couple's older son, a 6-year-old, was wounded in the shooting but survived, Cindy and Kyu Cho, alongside their three-year-old son James GoFundMe Christian LaCour Christian LaCour, 20, was also among the deceased victims, his father confirmed to CBS News. LaCour was working as a security guard at the mall on Saturday. Christian LaCour was identified as one of the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas. Aishwarya Thatikonda Aishwarya Thatikonda, 26, was also among the deceased, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in a Monday afternoon news release. She was from India and was a c...

The gunman, who lived in Dallas, was armed with an "AR-15 style assault weapon," He was wearing a tactical vest and also had a handgun, one of the senior law enforcement officials said. Follow along for live coverage More weapons and ammunition were found in his car, the source said. At the time of the massacre, he was wearing a patch on his chest that included the acronym "rwds," according to two senior law enforcement officials. Authorities believe the letters stand for "right wing death squad," a phrase used in far-right online spaces, one of the senior law enforcement officials added. A preliminary review of what is believed to be the shooter’s social media accounts reveal hundreds of posts that include racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist rhetoric, including neo-Nazi material and material espousing white supremacy, two senior law enforcement officials said. The officials stressed that the investigation is ongoing. The preliminary review found that the gunman’s social media posts were not liked or shared by other users. Police and the Texas Rangers, working with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are investigating the shooting as a case of racial or ethnically motivated violent extremism, two senior law enforcement officials said. Authorities believe the shooter acted alone, one of the officials said. Investigators are interviewing his relatives and friends. A next-door neighbor of the suspect, who asked to be identified ...

Robert Jackson and his mother, Cheryl Jackson, hug Monday as they visit a memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images More details are coming to light about the mass shooting at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, on Saturday, when a Authorities have now released the names of some of the victims while evidence suggests the gunman held far-right extremist beliefs. The suspect was identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Garcia was killed by police. Saturday's attack is considered to be the second-deadliest mass shooting of 2023, according to Here's what we know about the Allen, Texas, outlet mall shooting. The victims who were killed range in age from 3 to 37 years old In a The agency added that it will not release the identities of anyone under the age of 18 nor the victims who are injured. The victims have been identified as: • Kyu Song Cho, male, age 37, of Dallas • Cindy Cho, female, age 35, of Dallas • Female, age 11, of Sachse, Texas • Female, age 8, of Sachse, Texas • Male, age 3, of Dallas • Christian LaCour, male, age 20, of Nevada, Texas • Elio Cumana-Rivas, male, age 32, of Dallas, Texas • Aishwarya Thatikonda, female, age 26, of McKinney, Texas The Houston office of the South Korean Consulate told The Dallas Morning Newsthat one of Kyu Song Cho and Cindy Cho's children was also killed in the shooting. The Cho family was at the mall for a da...

Police have identified the gunman that killed eight people and injured 7 others when he opened fire at a Texas outdoor mall Saturday afternoon, according to authorities. Police said 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia opened fire at the Allen Premium Outlets, a mall north of Dallas, the Associated Press reported. Garcia was later killed on the scene by a police officer. The Allen Police Department initially included the gunman in the number of those killed. Nine people were transferred to the hospital after the shooting, where two later died, three remain in critical condition, and four others were stable, Allen Fire Department Chief Jonathan Boyd said Saturday evening during a press conference. In a statement after the tragedy, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered “full support” to local officials. What happened? More than three dozen shots were heard at around 3:36 p.m, alarming bystanders and an Allen Police Department officer that was near the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas. Hundreds of shoppers fled the scene on Saturday after a gunman got out of a silver sedan before opening fire at the mall, causing families to seek safety in back hallways, behind cars and in storage areas. The gunman was killed by an Allen Police Department police officer shortly after. A photo The names of the victims have not yet been released, though reports from witnesses allege that there were children, a police officer, and a mall security guard unconscious at the shopping center, AP “I pray it wasn...