They identify as Mauricio García the suspect of killing 8 people in a Texas shopping center

The man who killed eight people in a shopping center in Texas has been identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia. This was reported by three police sources who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

One of the officials said that Garcia he was staying at a nearby motel. Detectives were searching the motel and a home in the area of Dallas linked to the suspect.

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The official added that Police found several weapons at the scene.after Garcia He was killed by one of the agents. Among the weapons were an AR-15 type rifle and a pistol, the source said.

On Sunday, the community of Allen became the latest American community to mourn the victims of a mass shooting.

This time it was in a mall in the area of Dallaswhere a gunman got out of a car and began shooting at shoppers on Saturday. Eight people died and seven were injured before the assailant was killed. by a nearby police officer.

John Mark Caton, senior pastor of Cottonwood Creek Church, about two miles from the mall, offered prayers during his weekly service for victims, first responders, and shoppers and employees who “walked through things that should never have seen”.

“Some of ours were there. Some maybe in this room. Some of our students worked in those stores and this will change them forever”Caton said.

Recalling phone conversations with police officers, he said: “There was no officer I spoke to yesterday who at some point on the call didn’t cry.”

The church planned an evening prayer vigil after the shootingwhich was the latest attack to contribute to this year’s record rate of mass killings. Just a week earlier, five people were killed in Cleveland, Texas, after a neighbor told a man to stop firing his gun while a sleeping babyaccording to the authorities.

Police did not immediately provide details about the victims in the Allen Premium Outlets, a sprawling open-air mall, but witnesses reported seeing children among them. Some said they also saw what appeared to be a police officer and a mall security guard unconscious on the ground.

Maxwell Gum, 16, a clerk at a nearby pretzel shop, described seeing the stampede of shoppers. Along with other people, she ran to take refuge in a warehouse.

“We start to run. There were children who were trampled on”, Gum counted. “My work colleague picked up a 4-year-old girl and gave her to her parents.”

Videos of a car’s dashboard posted online show a man getting out of a car and shooting people on the sidewalk. Nearly 40 shots are heard as the vehicle taking the video drove away.

The fire chief of Allen, Jonathan Boyd, indicated that seven people, including the attacker, died at the scene. Two other people died in hospitals.

Seven people were still hospitalized on Sunday – Three in critical condition and three in stable condition, the Allen Police Department said in a statement.

a policeman from Allen he was in the area taking an unrelated call when he heard gunshots at about 3:36 p.m., the police department reported on Facebook.

“The officer confronted the suspect and neutralized the threat. He then called emergency personnel,” the message says.

The mass shootingss have been happening with astonishing frequency in the United States this year: on average, one a week, according to a database conducted by The Associated Press and USA Today in association with Northeastern University.

It’s a statement, President Joe Biden declared that the attacker was wearing tactical combat gear and used an AR-15 type rifle. He implored Congress to pass further restrictions on the possession of guns and ammunition.

“This type of attack is too shocking and should not be so common. And yet, the nation’s communities have suffered some 200 mass shootings so far this year, according to the most reliable counts,” said the president, who ordered flags to be lowered to half mast.

Source: Elcomercio

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