Dallas shopping centre gunman researched attack for weeks, posts show

Garcia’s online activity also betrayed a fascination with white supremacy and mass shootings, which he described as sport.

In this frame grab from video provided by WFAA, people are evacuated from Allen Premium Outlet, Saturday, May 6, 2023, in Allen, Texas. Law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting at the outlet mall, in the Dallas area. (WFAA via AP)

Posts on a Russian social network suggest a man who opened fire at a suburban Dallas shopping centre, killing eight people and wounding seven others, had planned the attack for weeks.

Mauricio Garcia, 33, researched when the site in Allen was busiest — Saturday afternoons — and posted photos on social media in mid-April of a store near where he ultimately started his attack on Saturday, which ended with police killing him.