Greg Abbott, who has signed laws easing firearms restrictions following past mass shootings in Texas, and other elected leaders. Some of our students were working in those stores and will be changed forever by this,” Caton said.Ĭaton offered similar sentiments during a Sunday night vigil at the church attended by Republican Gov. John Mark Caton, senior pastor at Cottonwood Creek Church about two miles from the mall, offered prayers during a regular Sunday morning service for victims, first responders and the shoppers and employees who “walked out past things they never should have seen.” The wounded remained hospitalized Sunday, three in critical condition and four in fair condition, the Allen Police Department said in a statement.
Authorities have not publicly identified those who were killed. Information about the gunman in Allen emerged as the community mourned the dead and awaited word on the seven people who were wounded. This year has seen an average of about one mass killing per week, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University.
Barely a week before, five people were fatally shot in Cleveland, Texas, after a neighbor asked a man to stop firing his weapon while a baby slept, authorities said. The shooting was the latest attack to contribute to the unprecedented pace of mass killings this year in the U.S. 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. Saturday to see four police squad cars and a large group of officers outside her neighbor’s home. She declined to give her last name to an AP reporter but said she awoke from a nap around 6 p.m. On Sunday afternoon, a woman named Julie was sitting on the porch of her house, next door to the one searched the day before. “They went in like real fast, and I seen them do that like twice,” said Marsha Alexander, who said officers were still in the area when she went to bed around 9 p.m. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss details of an ongoing investigation.Ī woman who lives three houses down from the low brick house said she saw a large group of uniformed officers go into the home Saturday between 6 p.m. Two law enforcement officials said investigators also searched a Dallas home connected to the suspect. The official said police also found multiple weapons at the scene after Garcia was killed, including an AR-15-style rifle and a handgun. Garcia was fatally shot Saturday by a police officer who happened to be near the suburban Dallas mall.Ī law enforcement official said investigators have been searching a Dallas motel near an interstate where Garcia had been staying.
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