The suspect in the mass sh*oting that left eight dead and several more injured at a Dallas suburb mall in mid-April allegedly planned his assault by studying security camera footage and social media posts from a store close to where he opened fire.
Mauricio Garcia, 33, is suspected of preparing the att@ck for weeks before he exited a silver automobile and started fire on Saturday, as evidenced by his posts on a Russian social networking site. The victims included a security guard, a mother and her three-year-old son, and two sisters who were in elementary school.
Garcia’s online behavior also revealed his interest in white supremacy and mass sh*otings, which he viewed as a sport. Large Nazi tattoos, including a swastika and the SS lightning bolt emblem of Hitler’s paramilitary forces, were visible on his arm and chest in the photos he shared.
Other posts suggested that Garcia had planned the time of the massacre, which ended when police sh*t and k!lled him on a Saturday afternoon at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, one of the most diverse suburbs of the Dallas area.
On Monday, the online discussion helped form a profile of the sh*oter. Neighbors and an Army official both confirmed that he had been employed as a security guard since his retirement from the military in 2008 due to mental health problems.
After looking for users with Garcia’s birthdate in the United States, Aric Toler, director of training and research at the worldwide research collective bellingcat.com, found Garcia’s profile on OK.RU.
The Associated Press checked the narrative independently and found that it matched up with details from a motel where Garcia had stayed the night before the sh*oting as well as a traffic ticket bearing his name and date of birth.
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A federal law enforcement official who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity said that federal authorities looking into the sh*oting’s motive have also analyzed the online posts.
Garcia was wearing a patch that read “RWDS,” an acronym for the term “Right Wing De@th Squad,” which is commonly used by right-wing extremist and white supremacist groups, when police shot and killed him.
The official added that investigators are looking through Garcia’s financial records and other electronic material to learn more about his ideology. .S. Army spokesperson Heather J. Hagan stated that Garcia enlisted in the Army in 2008, but was discharged three months later without finishing basic training.
His mental health problems led to his dismissal from the Army, according to a source who spoke on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss personnel matters.
A defense official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters and confirmed that Garcia had received an “uncharacterized” release, which is typical for recruits who do not survive training or the first 180 days.
A discharge of that nature would not raise red flags or need reporting to law police. Neighbors on the Dallas street where Garcia formerly resided with his family said they heard he was a security guard, but they weren’t sure where.
The management firm for the shopping center where the attack took place did not immediately respond to queries seeking comment. A neighboring woman stated she didn’t get to know her neighbors very well, but that she found them to be pleasant and respectful.
According to her, Garcia was continuously smiling and honking at passing vehicles. A law enforcement officer has stated that a motel in Dallas where Garcia was staying before the incident has also been searched.
Protests for tighter gun control were held at the Texas Capitol on Monday, and two Republicans joined with Democrats to push a bill that would raise the minimum age to purchase a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21.
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The sh*oting was the most recent incident to add to the record number of mass murders in the United States in 2018. Authorities said that just over a week ago, five people were sh*t and k!lled in Cleveland, Texas when a neighbor requested a man to cease discharging his firearm near a sleeping infant.
The town was in mourning for the dead and anxiously awaited news of the seven injured. Three kids were listed as being in critical condition, two were listed as being in fair condition, and one was listed as being in excellent health at a children’s hospital, according to a Monday announcement from Medical City Healthcare.
According to the police, a seventh injured person was sent to another facility. Allen, with its population of around 105,000, is one of the many ethnically and racially diverse suburbs in the Dallas–Fort Worth area. According to U.S. Census data, this region experienced the highest rate of Asian American growth of any major U.S. metro area.
According to those numbers, around 19% of Allen’s population is Asian, 10% is Black, and 11% is Hispanic. Another recent mass sh*oting in Texas had ties to Allen as well.
In 2019, Patrick Crusius, a resident of the area, released a racist manifesto online warning of a “Hispanic invasion,” then traveled to El Paso, where he k!lled 23 people at a Walmart after opening fire. During a federal court hearing in February, 24-year-old Crusius pled guilty to hate crime and we@pons counts.
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