the yellow mendoza was in the fourth, her sister sophie was a second grader. rays of sunshine, that s how they re school principal describe them in a letter to other parents, their mom was critically wounded. it s not a good evening when this woman s family is now making plans to return her family to india for a funeral. her name was aishwarya thatikonda, she came here some five years ago to pursue a masters degree and she was at the mall with a friend who is also wounded. nor is it a good evening when a security guard christian lacour is remembered in death as the kind of person who would light up the room instead of celebrating life for him. and, all eight people were murdered saturday. the killer wounded seven others before he was shot dead. 128 years into the year, it was the country s to 122nd mass shooting. 222 incidents where people were wounded or killed. 222 opportunities as a society to actually do something to honor the victims of gun violence to make them the last
here, phil promises. stay with us, cnn news central starts now. new details this morning about the victims after at least eight people were murdered at a mall in texas. officials are focused on right wing extremism as a possible motive. right now an investigation is under way in brownsville, texas, after an suv slammed into a bus stop killing several people. ahead what we re learning about that driver. this is the week title 42 ends. cnn is at the border as the biden administration and the cities on the front lines prepare for an expected surge of migrants now. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. this morning cnn has learned the name of at least two victims murdered at the mass shooting at the mall in allen, texas. family members say christian lacore was a sweet caring young man, he is on the left there. we re told the man on the right was an engineer living in mckinney, texas. they were two of at least eight people who were ki
just a few stores away and in the guns path, shoppers rushed to get away. i saw two ladies rushing towards me, and one was like, somebody is shooting. and then right behind it, right in front of the dike and why, there was a guy, just held his neck like this, and blood was just dripping down. the gunman continues moving north along the building. at the corner, bill mclean is inside a cosmetic store and here is the distinct sounds of gunfire getting closer and closer. so, we basically turned and watched. and as we were watching, the shooter goes right across. he s not running, but he s kind of at a delivered assault type move. and a few moments later, we saw a police officer come across in front of us, like he was in pursuit of the individual. witnesses described the gunman dressed in a ballistic jacket, and invest carrying extra ammunition. a senior law enforcement sources tell cnn that in the clothing they found the insignia rwds, which
we turned and watched and as we were watching the shooter goes right he is not running but he is kind of in a deliberate assault type move. and a few moments later we saw a police officer came across in front of us like he was in pursuit of the individual. reporter: witnesses describe the gunman dressed in a vest carrying extra ammunition. seen your law enforcement source says in that clothing they found the insignia rwds which they believe stands for right wing death squad. we have multiple upon multiple reporter: gunman now turns the corner making his way west continuing to fire at shoppers, scrambling to make sense of the days on. we have reports of multiple victims.\ on. we have reports of multiple victims.on. we have reports of multiple victims.on. we have reports of multiple victims. he was shooting in any direction. reporter: at this point the shooter has moved several hundred yards through the parking lot. the allen police officer has closed in, shooting
so, again, that obviously very troubling. authorities because he s dead they can t interview him so they re having to gather all of this other evidence but at least now it appears, john, according to his digital footprint there could be potential right wing extremism at play here. i also understand you are hearing from witnesses who were at this awful scene on saturday. reporter: absolutely. when gunfire erupted here obviously this happened very quickly, we saw that video of the suspect opening fire on people as they were just walking past one of the shops here. that obviously causing chaos throughout this outlet mall center. take a listen here, our colleague ed lavandera spoke to a man who was in the path of the gunman as he was making his way inside. we basically turned and watched and as we were watching the shooter goes right across he is not running but he is in a deliberate assault-type move. he had an m-16 or mr carbine and