Spainhouer had rushed to the mall after his son called and said there was a mass shooter. See how AR-15 style guns create 'explosion inside the body' The blasts left carnage “like in a combat zone,” said Steven Spainhouer, an Army veteran who tried CPR on victims he couldn’t save. Every gunshot sounded like an explosion.” “The entire time that I was running, I could hear the gunshots. They fled through an emergency exit, “and once I got outside, I could hear the gunshots very close, very loud, nonstop,” Gaither told CNN on Monday. “‘We need to go out the back,’” Gaither instructed. So she, too, scrambled under the dressing room door with the two girls – only to realize they wouldn’t be safe. Gaither looked over her shoulder and saw her boss hurrying other people to the back of the store. ![]() As the Army reveals details about the gunman, a veteran demands more gun control REUTERS/Jeremy Lock Jeremy Lock/ReutersĬhildren were among the 8 people killed at a Texas mall. He believes that the memorial is a priority for the difficult situation, people need a place to gather. Robert says, 'This is like a refuge for the people who lost loved ones, a place where they can come and express all their emotions". Muralist Roberto Marquez and his friend Israel Gil from Dallas erect a memorial to honor those who lost their lives when a gunman shot multiple people at the Dallas-area Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, U.S. “‘Open the door! They’re shooting! They’re shooting!’” the girl implored worker Andria Gaither. The other hid between a rack of clothes and the door, trying to get it to budge. One rushed to crawl under a fitting room door. One shop employee had been grabbing cardigans from the back of the store when the two little girls burst in. ![]() At least six more people are still in the hospital with one having been released.Īnd once again, people on ordinary outings – a trip to the supermarket, a holiday parade, a Sweet 16 party – had their lives ripped apart by a US mass shooting.Įmployees at the mall described the cracking of repeated gunshots that interrupted a normal and busy shopping afternoon at the mall in the affluent Dallas suburb. Sibley said preliminary evidence shows the shooter targeted the mall, but not specific individuals.Įight people were killed in Saturday’s shooting, including an immigrant from Venezuela who worked as a delivery driver and sent money home to buy his mother medicine. That’s what the investigation is trying to find out.” ![]() “Well, the big question is, we don’t know. “The big question that we’re dealing with right now is what’s his motive, why did he do this?” Sibley said. Investigators are looking at the gunman’s electronics and social media, trying to figure out what prompted the second-deadliest massacre in the United States this year. Sibley said the massacre was over with the shooter down just three to four minutes after the horror began. He said the gunman had eight weapons with him: three on his person and five in his vehicle.Īuthorities have said gunman Mauricio Garcia, 33, started firing an AR-15-style rifle – a weapon of choice among US mass shooters – in the parking lot of Allen Premium Outlets before making his way through the complex as shoppers and employees ran for cover, authorities said.Īn Allen police officer on a nearby call responded and fatally shot Garcia. The weapons brought to the attack on random shoppers at the outlet mall in Allen, Texas, were all legally obtained, Texas Department of Public Safety Regional Director Hank Sibley told reporters at a Tuesday news conference.
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