The 33-year-old, whose political motivations are unproven, wore a badge whose meaning refers to neo-Nazis and American supremacists.
Horror now has a name. As the Texas Department of Public Safety announced on Sunday, the day after the shooting that left eight people dead, including children, in a shopping center in the city of Allen, the perpetrator of the shootings was identified as being Mauricio Garcia, a 33-year-old man.
A police source close to the investigation points out to CNN that the man was very present on social networks, in particular in circles close to the extreme right, without confirming that the motivations of the killer were political.
According to this same source, on the clothes of the shooter, who was shot by a police officer, appeared a crest with the initials “RWDS” which could mean “Right Wing Death Squad”, an expression popular with neo-Nazis and American supremacists. Other weapons were found in his vehicle.
Shot by a policeman
In the early afternoon of Saturday, the suspect caused panic at the Allen Premium Outlets, a large shopping center in the city of Allen, located some 40 kilometers north of Dallas, where many customers had come to do their shopping. weekend shopping.
A police officer was on the scene for another case when shots rang out around 3 p.m., local police chief Brian Harvey said. The officer “went to (the scene) of the shots, confronted the suspect and incapacitated” the individual, the official reported.
CCTV footage released by CNN shows the shooter getting out of a sedan in the shopping center parking lot and opening fire, without knowing his motive. He was wearing paramilitary gear and carrying an assault rifle, according to US media.
President Joe Biden on Sunday denounced “a senseless act of violence” and ordered that flags be flown at half-mast above the White House and federal and military public buildings.
