How Tragedy At Mall in Texas Unfolded

Emergency vehicles line the entrance to the Allen Premium Outlets where a shooting took place on May 6, 2023. Credit: Stewart F. House/Getty Images

The shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets, about 25 miles north of Dallas, left nine people dead, including the suspect.The gunman was Mauricio Garcia, who is in favor of white supremacist ideology. Whether or not it was an act of domestic terrorism has been undetermined. According to the Gun Violence Archive, a database of shootings in the United States, there have been 199 “mass shootings,” which the archive defines as the shooting of at least four people, in 2023. Last weekend, a gunman killed five people, while on Monday, a registered sex offender fatally shot six people. On Wednesday, a gunman opened fire at a medical office building in Atlanta. It is also important to note that all guns used in the Texas shootings were legally bought and acquired.

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