Texas mall massacre gunman ‘had neo-Nazi beliefs’: Mauricio Garcia, 33, worked as security guard before firing AR-15 more than 100 times, killing eight people, including children
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The Texas mall mass shooter has been named as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia.
Garcia, 33, killed eight people – including children – before he was shot dead himself at Allen Premium Outlets on May 6. Investigators now believe he may have been a white supremacist or neo-Nazi who followed extremists ideologies.
The killer fired over 100 times during his rampage, and he had more ammunition and weapons in his car – which he was seen coming out of before the bloodbath, according to a source speaking to NBC News.
Dressed in tactical gear and armed with an AR-15 and a handgun, Garcia opened fire outside a H&M store on a busy Saturday afternoon in Allen, Texas.
He was eventually killed by a police officer – who was on the scene for an unrelated call but rushed over when he heard the gunshots outside the H&M.
Garcia was a security guard, but it is unclear if he worked at Allen Premium Outlets.
The gunman, Mauricio Garcia, was dressed in SWAT gear with a semi-automatic rile at his side. He is seen laying dead outside another Allen store, a dozen feet from the H&M shop
His gray car is seen parked outside his family home in Dallas before the shooting
Dashcam footage showed the moment a gunman opened fire and killed multiple civilians – as cops are reportedly on the hunt for a second gunman believed to have aided in the assault
A bouquet of flowers is left in front of the Allen Premium Outlet Mall entrance in remembrance of those killed during the mass shooting that happened the day before in Allen, Texas
It’s also believed that Garcia was living at a motel at the time of the massacre. Police also searched that residence and found additional ammunition, WSJ reports.
According to the Washington Post, Garcia may have had white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs. A patch the gunman was wearing on his chest alluded to his ideologies – although no formal motive has been released.
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This comes after new audio revealed how the heroic officer made a frantic phone call begging for his colleagues to join him on the scene, radioing: ‘I need everybody I got.’
The officer bravely ran towards the active shooter – who was armed with 60 rounds and had shot over a dozen people by this point – and killed him.
About two minutes after first calling for backup, the cop said: ‘I got him down.’ Minutes later, another voice is heard on the radio saying: ‘We got victims. I need an ambulance.’
The FBI and police raided dead Garcia’s Dallas home just one hour after the massacre and requested a translator to speak with his family.
Neighbors say they often saw Garcia wearing a security guard-type uniform, but he was ‘very quiet’ and had ‘very unusual behavior.’ His gray Dodge Charger, which was seen at the scene, was often parked outside the home.
Mauricio Garcia, the shooter, died at the scene. He was shot dead by a cop – but he had already let off bullets and killed eight people himself
Officers with the Allen Police Department man the mobile command post the day after the gunman shot multiple people
Mall employees embrace as they greet each other the day after a shooting at Allen Premium Outlets on May 7, 2023 in Allen, Texas
Dashcam video showed gunman Mauricio Garcia getting out of a car and shooting at people on the sidewalk on Saturday afternoon. More than three dozen shots could be heard as the vehicle that was recording the video drove off.
Garcia was using an AR-15-style gun during the mass shooting, and was dressed in full tactical SWAT gear.
Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd confirmed that seven people died at the scene, including the gunman, and then a further two victims died in hospital.
Three of the wounded were in critical condition in the evening, and four were stable, Boyd said in an update on Saturday night.
A Dallas-area medical group said it was treating victims as young as five-years-old.
Investigators confirmed they believe shooter Garcia was working alone, but they have not yet released any motive for the killings.
