Monday, April 6, 2024, marked one year since a gunman fueled by his New Nazi beliefs killed eight people and wounded seven others in an attack at the Allen Premium Outlets mall.
Audio from 911 calls and body-camera video from a police officer at the scene, when the shooting started, painted a detailed picture of terror at the North Texas mall. A father watched his daughter die. A boy saw his family killed. For the families of the eight people who died that day and the seven others wounded, the horror of May 6 didn’t end when the gunman was killed.
The victims who died in this tragic event include Daniela Mendoza and Sofia Mendoza, whose mother survived a gunshot while their father called for the police. William Cho, a 6-year-old boy, lost his father, mother, and younger brother. Further, Christian LaCour, a 20-year-old security personnel, helped evacuate one person, but while returning to help others, he was also shot and died. In addition to this, Aishwarya Thatikonda and Elio Cumans Rivas, who went there for shopping, also missed their lives.
The attack lasted for about four minutes. A police officer who was already in the mall jumped into action when he heard the gunshots. The officer found the gunman, 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, exchanged fire with him and killed him.
The shooter was a Neo-Nazi who made posts on a Russian social media site glorifying mass shootings and referring to kill counts of mass killers. His account boasted of scouting the mall before the shooting.
On May 6, 2023, Garcia drove to the Allen Premium Outlets and got out of the vehicle and started shooting. Around that time, according to his bodycam video, the Allen Police Officer was speaking to a mother and children, telling the kids to listen to their mother.
The police officer was saying to the children that “Make sure y’all be good, OK?, and make sure y’all wear your seat belts when mommy’s driving, OK?”.
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