joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching cnn newsroom, and i m rosemary church. just ahead, we are following two tragedies out of texas. new details on the man who opened fire at an outdoor mall in the city of allen, killing eight people. his possible ties to right-wing extremism. in brownsville, investigators are trying to determine why the driver of a car crashed into a group of people outside a migrant shelter, killing at least eight. and a covid-era immigration rule expires this week. we will talk to a priest in el paso, texas, whose church shelters dozens of migrants. thanks for joining us. residents of allen, texas, have been mourning the eight people killed in saturday s mass shooting. officials, first responders, and other members of the community gathered at this vigil on sunday to remember the victims. the mayor-elect delivered an emotional speech calling for prayers to help heal the city. we re going to need prayer. so pleas
united states and all around the are learning more about the victims and the gunman in the mass shooting in allen, texas, including possible ties he may have had to the far right. a tragedy as well in brownsville. what we know about a car crash that killed eight outside a migrant center near the mexican border. plus, deadly ethnic clashes in northeastern india. we re live in new delhi with a look at what s fueling that violence. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. we begin in allen, texas, where residents are mourning the eight people killed in a mass shooting on saturday. many have been honoring the victims by placing flowers on this makeshift memorial. it was set up at the outlet mall where the gunman fired on crowds of shoppers. the victims were also remembered at this church vigil on sunday. several people there delivered remarks, including the mayor-elect who called for prayers and expressed condolences for ev
would park his car, then just walk in like anybody else. so nothing, you know nothing hit a red flag. i think he was a real loner. a lot of times he would walk up and down the block. and always wore those converse. i guess those were his favorite, those converse. he just liked to walk up and down the block with his little hoodie on, you know. didn t really say anything. reporter: a senior law enforcement official also says that they have discovered that mauricio garcia has connections to right-wing extremism. on his body they found an insignia, right-wing death squad. that senior law enforcement official says there has been a long list of social media posts with white supremacist and right-wing extremism themes as well. exactly how all of that plays into the motivation for carrying out this attack here at this outlet mall in allen, that part is not exactly clear. but that is some of the initial
we tried to speak with garcia s family, but they refused to answer the door when we knocked on it. we did speak with neighbors who described garcia as someone who kept to himself. i never really saw anything that seemed a little suspicious or out of, you know out of whack with the guy. i mean, he would get in, he would park his car, then just walk in like anybody else. so nothing, you know nothing hit a red flag. i think he was a real loner. a lot of times he would walk up and down the block. and always wore those converse. i guess those were his favorite, those converse. he just liked to walk up and down the block with his little hoodie on, you know. didn t really say anything. reporter: a senior law enforcement official also says that they have discovered that mauricio garcia has connections to right-wing extremism. on his body they found an insignia, right-wing death squad. that senior law enforcement
his reconstructive surgery. so when he arrived, i remember him coming out of the ambulance, and he was lying on the stretcher with a little hoodie on, and he had a little ipad, and as they sort of wheeled him into the hospital, he was watching spongebob on the ipad, which is a very childlike thing to do, to kind ofjust ignore all of the adults in the room, and just what is ipad, so i remember thinking and it was all bandaged but he was still laughing at this little ipad, and ijust remember thinking many an adult would not handle tons of people around him with as much grace as a 9 year old. i think that was when rodwell sort of revealed his character, and that he was a remarkable little soul that was just going to take everything in his stride and still approach everything with that sort of childlike innocence and excitement. are you ready for me? a team of more than 20 specialists, all of them working for free, started the slow process of rebuilding rodwell s face.