ExpandMacKenzie Bates, left, 17, of Allen, Texas, embraces her mother Rochelle where flowers were left at the scene of a shooting the day before at Allen Premium Outlets on May 7, 2023 in Allen, Texas. According to reports, a shooter opened fire at the outlet mall, killing eight people. The Bates, who were shopping at the mall at the time of the shooting, had returned to retrieve their vehicle from the parking lot.
Federal agents have been reviewing social media accounts that they believe Garcia used, as well as posts that expressed interest in white supremacist and neo-Nazi views, said the official, who could not discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Amid protests Monday at the Texas Capitol for stricter gun control, two Republicans sided with Democrats to advance a bill that would raise the age to buy semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21, though the bill has little or no chance of actually becoming law.Two law enforcement officials said investigators also searched a Dallas home connected to Garcia. They spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss details of an ongoing investigation.
She said they entered the home and were joined about an hour later by FBI agents and other people wearing plainclothes, who she also took to be law enforcement. “Such an attack is too shocking to be so familiar. And yet, American communities have suffered roughly 200 mass shootings already this year, according to leading counts,” said Biden, who ordered flags lowered to half-staff.The shooting was the latest attack to contribute to the unprecedented pace of mass killings this year in the U.S.
“Some of our people were there. Some perhaps in this room. Some of our students were working in those stores and will be changed forever by this,” Caton said.