Two unrelated mass killings in Texas this weekend left at least 15 people dead and 13 wounded.
Summary
Two unrelated mass killings in Texas this weekend left at least 15 people dead and 13 wounded.
- Eight people were shot and killed at a Dallas-area mall on Saturday afternoon.
- On Sunday morning, seven people were struck by a vehicle and killed waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas.
- A gunman exited his sedan and started shooting people on the sidewalk at Allen Premium Outlets, a Dallas-area outdoor shopping center. The shooter killed eight people and wounded seven others before he was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer who was coincidentally nearby.
- The officer “heard gunshots, went to the gunshots, engaged the suspect and neutralized the suspect,” Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey told reporters.
- President Joe Biden once again called on Congress to pass gun control legislation to ban so-called assault weapons and limit magazine capacity. There is little chance Congress will pass anything after passing a bipartisan gun bill last year.
- The deadly crash in Brownsville occurred at about 8:30am on Sunday morning. A Range Rover SUV plowed into a group of people waiting for a bus stop near a migrant shelter. Seven people were killed and six were wounded, and most of the victims were reportedly Venezuelan men.
- The driver of the SUV was taken into custody and has not yet been identified.
- Brownsville is near the Mexican border and has seen a sharp increase in migrant arrivals in recent weeks.
- The fatal crash occurred near one of the busiest migrant shelters in the border town, which declared a disaster last month ahead of the expect migrant surge after the expiration of Title 42 policy in the next few days.
- The Washington Post reported the gunman in Allen, Texas, Mauricio Garcia, may have held white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs. He had a patch on his chest labeled “RWDS” which stands for Right Wing Death Squad.
- According to CNN, the gunman had an AR-15 style firearm, another firearm and extra magazines with him when he was shot dead. He underwent firearms training as part of his job as a security guard.
- The New York Times reported the ages of the injured in Allen, Texas ranged from age 5 to 61. The Times noted the Allen attack is the second-deadliest shooting of 2023, after the Monterey Park, California shooting at a ballroom where a gunman killed 11 people.
- The New York Post reported the identity of the Allen shooter is Mauricio Garcia, 33. Police searched the Dallas home of his parents and a motel where he had been staying. He did not have a “serious” criminal background and worked as a security guard.
- Breitbart reported the parents of the suspected mall shooter requested a translator to speak with law enforcement when they arrived at their home. The suspect, who was in his 30s, lived in the house with his parents.
- “I need everybody I got,” said the heroic Texas police officer who took down the Allen mall shooter in a frantic backup call, according to Fox News. Gunshots could be heard in the H&M store as the officer approached, and he neutralized the suspect within 2 minutes of the call.
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© Dominic Moore, 2023
