Mauricio Garcia

On May 6, 2023, a mass shooting occurred at Allen Premium Outlets, an outlet center in Allen, Texas, United States.

Nine people, including the perpetrator, were killed during the shooting, the youngest of whom was a three-year-old boy, and seven others were injured.

The perpetrator was fatally shot by a police officer already in the area on an unrelated call.

The shooter, 33-year-old Mauricio Martinez Garcia, was a violent extremist, although his specific motive for the spree killings was not clear.

Martinez Garcia's extensive online writings showed that he self-radicalized, adopting and promoting white supremacist, neo-Nazi, and "incel" ideologies, and posting hateful comments against women, Jews and racial minorities in the lead-up to the attack.

He committed the massacre while wearing a tactical vest embroidered with a "RWDS" ("Right Wing Death Squad") patch.

His body was tattooed with fascist symbols including SS lightning bolts and a large swastika.

Mauricio Martinez Garcia (October 24, 1989 – May 6, 2023), aged 33, of Northeast Dallas was the shooter.

Garcia had worked as a security guard for at least three companies in preceding years.

During his time working as a security guard, Garcia received firearms training.

He had been living in a motel before the shooting.

Garcia had no criminal history.

Opened in September 2000, Allen Premium Outlets is a large outdoor mall owned by Simon Property Group.

The center is located 25 mi north of Dallas, Texas, in a northern suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

The shooting began on May 6, 2023, at 3:36 p.m. CDT.

Wearing black tactical gear, the shooter exited a silver sedan and shot into a crowd outside the mall.

The gunman shot 15 people within three or four minutes.

Witnesses said the shooter appeared to be firing indiscriminately and fired dozens of shots.

A store employee recounted that those running from the shooter alerted others of the shooting and helped shelter customers and employees in the backrooms of the store.

A military veteran attempted to give CPR to at least three of the victims, and recounted that many victims were rushed to a hospital as they were unable to be triaged at the site due to the severity of the injuries.

The Allen Police Department said that calls from the mall came in at 3:40 p.m., and tweeted at 4:22 p.m. that law enforcement was at the Allen Premium Outlets.

Allen police chief Brian Harvey said that an officer who was at the mall on an unrelated call, after hearing gunshots, engaged and killed the shooter.

Bodycam footage from the officer who shot the shooter was subsequently released.

Three guns were found on the gunman's body; five more were recovered from his car.

He had purchased all eight guns legally.

He used an AR-15 style rifle during the shooting.

Authorities have not disclosed the exact types of firearms found at the scene.

Nine people were killed, including the shooter.

Those killed were: Kyu Song Cho, 37; Cindy Cho, 35; James Cho, 3; Aishwarya Thatikonda, 27; Daniela Mendoza, 11; Sofia Mendoza, 8; Christian LaCour, 20; Elio Cumana-Rivas, 32.

Seven others were injured, with three in critical condition.

Medical City Healthcare said that it was treating victims ranging from 5 to 61 years old, with most of the victims being transported to Medical City's McKinney facility.

As of May 10, authorities had released no information regarding the identities of the wounded.

Other sources indicated that the injured included the mother of the two deceased sisters, and the other child of the family of Korean descent who was the sole survivor of his family.

Shortly after graduating Bryan Adams High School in Casa View, Garcia was then enlisted in the U.S. Army in June 2008, but he never completed basic training: he was terminated after three months due to mental health concerns.

Because this was an administrative separation, rather than a punitive discharge, Garcia's termination by the Army would not show up on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

During the attack, Garcia wore a patch with the insignia "RWDS" (standing for "Right Wing Death Squad"), a slogan popular among right-wing extremists and white supremacists.

On his social media profile on the Russian social media platform Odnoklassniki (OK.ru), Garcia posted neo-Nazi and white supremacist content, and expressed hatred against Jews, women, and racial minorities in the days and weeks leading up to the massacre.

He posted photos of himself with large Nazi tattoos, including a swastika, the SS lightning bolt logo, and also a tattoo of the slogan "Deus Vult," a reference to the Crusades that is commonly used by neo-Nazis in anti-Muslim messaging.

Garcia's online posts used anti-Arab and anti-Asian slurs.

In different posts, he shared content and posted quotations, from far-right sources, including 4chan, Nick Fuentes, the Daily Stormer and its founder Andrew Anglin, the Unz Review, and VDARE.