Dashcam footage shows the moment a gunman opened fire and killed multiple civilians at an outdoor outlet in suburban Texas – as cops are reportedly on the hunt for a second gunman believed to have aided in the assault.
The shooting happened at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, a small suburb north of Dallas.
Reports from local police sources indicate that there may have been two gunmen – with one of them now dead and another still at-large, while aerial footage of the scene shows at least four bloodied bodies lying outside of the mall’s many stores.
Police were seen sweeping stores around 6pm, more than two hours after police first descended on the complex after receiving reports of gunfire.
Footage now circulating online shows the moment those shots rang out, with an unidentified gunman seen pulling up in a car to the site where helicopters hours later would show the dead bodies – and opening fire indiscriminately.
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Multiple victims have been reported after an active shooter opened fired at an outdoor outlet mall in suburban Texas – with one of the gunmen now reportedly dead and another still at-large
Other aerial video shows citizens being escorted off the premises, many with their hands on the heads looking visibly distraught
A rep for Collin County Sheriff’s confirmed Saturday there were ‘some’ victims, though their status, as of 6pm ET, remains unknown. Shocking aerial photos, however, show the fatalities
In their sole statement since the dozens of shots reportedly rang out around 3:45pm, police in Allen said that the scene is still active, with local law enforcement sources tell CNN that one of the suspects, clad in tactical gear, was dead on the ground.
Aerial video shows citizens being escorted off the premises, many with their hands on the heads looking visibly distraught – while more shocking footage laid bare some of the fatalities, with at least four dead, bloodied bodies seen outside an H&M store.
As of 7pm, police were still looking for the second gunman, the insiders told CNN, as video footage and eyewitness accounts provide some semblance of the horror shoppers faced, with hundreds filmed fleeing audible sounds of gunfire.
A rep for Collin County Sheriff’s confirmed Saturday there were ‘some’ victims, though their status, as of 6pm ET, remains unknown.
Few other details regarding the shooting, and it is still unclear if there have been any fatalities. Multiple shots, however, were fired, according to several witnesses, including a mom whose car was pierced by two bullets as she fled the scene with her young daughter.
‘Do not go to the Allen outlet!!!’ Van Alstyne resident Kimberly Blakey wrote in a post to Facebook at 5:13pm. Attached to the post were multiple photos showing the damage to the door of her car by the two bullets.
‘Peyton and I were just there and someone starting shooting,’ she recalled after escaping the scene with her eighth grade daughter.
‘People were running and we were just trying to leave.’
‘The shooting,’ she added, ‘was nonstop.’
‘My car got hit by two bullets. We are so grateful to be OK.’
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Elaine Penicaro, another local mother, also described hearing a nonstop hail of gunfire while shopping with her own daughter.
‘We were outside the Converse store and we just heard all this popping,’ Penicaro told Fox 4 after also fleeing the scene, ducking for cover when they heard the shots reportedly around 3:45pm.
‘We kind of all just stopped, and then a second later, just “Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” and there were sparks flying like it was right in front of us.’
Brayson Jones, a 17-year-old who was working the PM shift at the outlets’ Champs Sports store, told the New York Times that he heard “probably 20-plus shots” and saw people running out of stores.
‘As soon as I heard the shots and people yelling, I didn’t wait to see what was going on, I backed out and got out of there,’ the teen recalled of the hectic scene.
He added that in the frenzy he rescued a random stranger, who he said ran toward his car when the shots were fired and motioned to let him inside.
Police have yet to elaborate on their initial statement that they were ‘investigating’ the shooting, video from a Fox 4 helicopter shows at least four bodies covered in blood in white sheets.
Other aerial shooting shows the mass evacuation that transpired as cops reportedly swept each store to assess their safety, with hundreds of shoppers filed away from the H&M location where the bodies were seen.
The same store was seen in the background of the footage that showed people running through a parking lot in front of the shopping center – all while the loud popping sound of gunfire emanates in the background.
Other aerial shooting shows the mass evacuation that transpired as cops reportedly swept each store to assess their safety, with hundreds of shoppers filed away from the H&M location where the bodies were seen
Few other details regarding the shooting, and it is still unclear if there have been any fatalities. Multiple shots, however, were fired, according to several eye witnesses
As of 7pm, police were still looking for the second gunman, the insiders told CNN, as video footage and eyewitness accounts provide some semblance of the horror shoppers faced
hundreds were seen outside the shopping complex Saturday afternoon as state police were deployed
Multiple victims have been reported as a result of the incident, though cops in the Texas suburb have yet to confirm any fatalaities
Police said that the scene is still ‘active,’ and shoppers were seen fleeing the sounds of gunfire in footage of the outlets currently circulating online
Police said that the scene is still active, and shoppers were seen fleeing the sounds of gunfire in footage of the frantic scene currently circulating on social media
Multiple victims have been reported after an active shooter opened fired at an outdoor outlet mall in suburban Texas
A spokesperson for Collin County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Saturday evening as officers were still investigating that there were ‘some’ victims at the mall
Few other details have been released regarding the shooting, and it remains unclear if a gunman remains at large
