i m fredricka whitfield. we begin in texas wihere a weekend shopping trip turned to carnage. eight dead, seven wounded after a gunman opened fire into a crowded space at an outlet mall in allen, texas. that s just north of dallas. a warning, some of what you re about to see is disturbing. a witness dash cam capturing the moment the killer got out of his car and immediately began firing, ambushing unsuspected people walking by. we re pausing this video before the shooting begins, but other witnesses were recording as the attack unfolded. what you hear are multiple rapid gunshots and you see, of course, people running for their lives. a photo obtained by cnn appears to show the gunman after he was shot by a responding officer. you can see an ar-15 style rifle nearby. the gunman is clad in black, body armor, and appears to have several extra magazines strapped to his chest. ed lavandera is on the scene there in allen, texas. ed, what more are police saying, if anything, at thi
it. also this hour, president biden talking with brittney greiner s wife. we ll talk about how the president is getting ready to respond to greiner herself today. and an interview with the d.a. running the investigation with possible election interference in georgia. what she s saying about more subpoenas, including whether to issue one to donald trump. my job is to make sure that we get all the facts, that we get the information, that the grand jury can do their job and that i can make a decision. reporter: might we see a subpoena of the former president himself? more of that later in the show. i m hallie jackson in for katy tur. joining us, dasha burns, who is outside chicago for us, investigative correspondent tom winter and former federal prosecutor and legal analyst paul butler. dasha, let me start with you. the suspect in court today after the seven murder charges, first degree murder charges were filed against him. a lot of new details coming out just this mornin
the guy held his neck like this and there was blood dripping down, you know, and then we went inside and then i had two people in front of me, go down. we all went down. i heard three shots, pop, pop, pop, like right on the other side. reporter: so, fredricka, the major headlines this afternoon, the texas department of public safety the lead agency in this investigation and city of allen officials are saying there will be no press briefings and updates on what transpired here yesterday. fredricka? that is striking, ed lavandera, some 24 hours after that would take place, just shattering a community of allen, texas. of course, it would be nice if there were changes and we learn more information. we know you ll bring it to us as we know. no scheduled press conference from law enforcement there. all right. today, president biden ordered flags to be lowered to half staff for what he called the senseless acts of violence that was seen in allen, texas.
interest in believing your life was in danger. and lisa, we know these photographs were made public well before this trial. they ve been talked so much about, particularly with george zimmerman because of the stream of blood and many people thought, look at that. that is proof he was attacked. but hearing this chief medical examiner say, yes, you might see a lot of blood there, but that doesn t mean that this is a severe injury. it is intriguing because we know, again, when these pictures were initially released or leaked out, the zimmerman attorneys really heavily pushed, look at this, this is bloodstreaming from his head. this is how badly he was being beaten up. that s right, tamron. this medical examiner has said something i think comports with all of our common sense. you can get a very small cut, and it can bleed a lot. if the blood is dripping down and you re photographed with a couple streams of blood dripping down, it looks much more serious than it really is. once you wip