brought the crosses here. it s also an important remind their it s been 48 hours since this shooting happened here in allen, texas and the lead investigative agency, the texas department of public safety has growth come forward to answer questions for the people here in this community. jake? as always, no accountability, no transparency in texas. we re getting used to t.ed lavandera, thanks so much. let s bring in steven spanhauer on the phone who was there moments after fires were fired at the outlet mall. your son was working at h & m. he called you when the shooting began and you started a ministering first aid. thankfully your son is okay. that s a small semblance of good news in all of this. eight others were killed. tell us about the scene when you arrived. i didn t go to do first aid. i went hopefully to run into an allen police officer and into a
unification point and unfortunately i drove right into the middle of an active shooter situation. i was able to get on the phone to 911 with a witness and very succinctly what i had. i had seven bodies that were down and needed seven ambulances, a s.w.a.t. pons and a high priority police call. the operators there were just inundated. this was not a uvalde. this was allen, texas and the allen police department, fire department, collin county sheriff all responded exemplary and performed very well to do what they had to do. there were seven who were killed already when you arrived? well, i the first person i went to was a young girl that was still warm to the touch huddled in the bushes like she was hiding, and i don t want to get too graphic, but i did feel for a pulse and pulled her head back. it was there was a bright shining face was gone.
mental health concerns. reporter: minutes after gunfire erupted after the mall in allen, texas, it was clear that the scene was a mass casualty event. we have multiple upon multiple deaths. the suspect sdrodoes have an rifle. okay. reporter: mauricio garcia was killed by a police officer at the scene. a law enforcement source tells cnn the 33-year-old gunman served three months in the u.s. army and did not complete basic training and was removed because of mental health concerns. despite this, texas state records show garcia was approved to work as a commissioned security guard and even received firearms training. witnesses say garcia acted calmly as he carried out the attack. he s kind of in a deliberate assault type of mood. reporter: in 2019 texas governor greg abbott created a state domestic terrific task force after the el paso walmart
massacre which would, quote, increase the detection and monitoring of domestic terrorism and other mass casualty threats, including neo-nazi and white nationalist groups. i want to know what dps has been doing what, threads they have been following on twitter or facebook or any kind of social media from people like this man in allen. reporter: governor abbott has not answered questions about the shooting investigation. the people in allen and especially the families, they want to know right now why this happened, how it happened. reporter: we re also learning the heartbreaking details what have happened to the khoe family, the family of four at the mall together but only 6-year-old william survived the shooting. his parents along with his 3-year-old brother were all killed. william remains in the hospital and was just removed from the icu. other victims including an engineer who lived in mckinney, texas and christian lacore, a
the lead starts right now. allen, texas, joining the ranks of columbine, aurora, parkland, new town, another town whose name is synonymous with a mass shooting. two young sisters were just identified as victims as we re learning more about the gunman s extremist background into which authorities are looking. and new video obtained exclutively by cnn. bystanders trying to hold down the man accused of plowing his range rovers into a group of migrants. plus, just in time for summer travel, the new proposed rule to give you a refund if you re bumped from your next flight. welcome to lead. i m jake tapper. another day. another deadly mass shooting in america. over the weekend a man gunned down several people at a mall in allen, texas. police are investigating whether a gunman killed by the cop at the scene was motivated by right