life. reporter: eight people dead and at least seven others wounded after yet another mass shooting on american soil. we have multiple reporter: this time at an outlet mall in allen, texas, saturday about 25 miles north of dallas. the gunshots, it sounded like a war zone. it was horrifying. reporter: investigators say the 33-year-old gunman who was killed at the scene by a police officer may have been driven by right wing extremism a. senior law enforcement source tells cnn there isn t a specific motive they ve identified yet but investigators have uncovered an extensive social media presence. stephen spainhour rushed to the scene. saw a little boy about 4 or 5, he kept saying my mother is hurt. i told him everything was fine, that help was on the way. i checked him for no wounds, but he was caked with blood from head to toe. reporter: greg abbott attended a vigil for the victims said authorities don t yet know enough about the gunman to make determinations.
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is. welcome to you. i m yasmin vossoughian in for christian sing live at msnbc headquarters. today authorities in a pair of texas towns are grappling with a ton of unanswered questions as they investigate the deaths of 16 people, half guild in a hail of gunfire in the city of allen, the other half killed when a vehicle drove into a crowd in brownsville. we got an update on the second incident near the border. we ll bring you that in just a moment. meanwhile, the attack at a mall in a dallas suburb underscoring this chilling reality, that we re seeing more americans every single day who have had to live through a mass shooting. in a minute i ll speak to one man whose decision to go shopping on a saturday afternoon nearly cost him his life. with a potentially historic default looming 3 1/2 weeks ag way, the president and kevin mccarthy brace for a meeting at the white house. what is the president s new plan to pressure republicans into cutting a deal? we ll get into that.
neighbor s house, a walmart, and now an outlet mall, this time in allen, texas, this time, eight people are dead. this time, a witness tells us exactly what it looks like when the gunfire from an ar-15 hits the human body. because this time he saw it for himself. might want to warn you, his experience is graphic. . i went to the first person i found crouching in the bushes. looked like she was praying, and i felt for a pulse. there was no pulse. so i pulled her head up to look at her face and there wasn t a face. just brain matter. so i went to the next guy, he was already staring straight ahead, eyes were fixed and dilated. no pulse. went to the third guy, he was breathing put my hand on his chest, he chest wentz up and down, he moaned so i started i felt for a pulse, didn t feel a pulse, but he was breathing. but he was bleeding profusely, so i pushed on the guy s chest to start cpr and the blood came out of his mouth and he looked at me and died. there was nothing i co