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 shooter, year-old Mauricio Martinez Garcia, was a far-right extremist , although his specific motive for the spree killings was not clear.
His body was tattooed with fascist symbols including SS lightning bolts and a large swastika. The shooting began on May 6, , at p. Wearing black tactical gear, [ 14 ] the shooter exited a silver sedan and shot into a crowd outside the mall. The Allen Police Department said that calls from the mall came in at p. Three guns were found on the gunman's body; five more were recovered from his car.
He had purchased all eight guns legally. Nine people were killed, including the shooter. Seven others were injured, with three in critical condition. Army in June , but he never completed basic training : he was terminated after three months due to mental health concerns.
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. Garcia's online posts used anti-Arab and anti-Asian slurs. A vigil was held on May 7 at 5 p. On May 8, the Texas House of Representatives Select Committee on Community Safety voted, 8β5, to advance a bill to raise the age to buy ARstyle rifles from 18 to 21, with two Republicans joining all Democrats in support.
The bill was considered to have been unlikely to be successful in the Texas Senate. On May 8β9, mall patrons were allowed to retrieve their parked vehicles under security escort. On May 10, the plans of at least three Plano Independent School District high schools to walk out on May 17 in protest of continued gun violence was shared by students on social media. Threats had also been made against multiple schools in North Texas after the shooting which at least one student highlighted when speaking about his participation in the walk-out.
