clear that this was an intentional. action official earlier had said that in fact it was. the investigation into the motive continuous. brownsville police telling our affiliate kveo that the driver was arrested and charged with reckless driving. police saying more charges are likely in the crash that happened this morning. also now, the developments out of allen texas, according to law enforcement, their shooter opened fire at a mall in allen, killing eight people, including children. seven others are injured and three remain in critical condition. police have not released the name of the shooter or any of the victims. while they do believe the suspect acted alone, we still have many unanswered questions from law enforcement. this community, it is devastated and traumatized, some are already planning to grieve together at a local church, that is said to hold a community per service later on this evening. are hearing from victims and witnesses as well, one of whom spoke earlier today on
singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. we have updates on yesterday s mass shooting at a mall in allen, texas, that killed at least eight people injured several more. police are saying the shooter was a 33-year-old man who may have consumed neo-nazi and white supremacist content online. you re more tactical vests and was armed with a rifle, a handgun. weapons and ammunition in the suspect s car. the vigil honoring the victims is underway just blocks from the scene of the shooting. nbc s priscilla thompson is in allen, texas, with the latest. we have learned more about the suspected shooter in this case, on enforcement officials identifying him as a 33-year-old male, they say that he wore a tactical vest, whenever he committed this heinous crime. and that he also had a rifle and a handgun on him.
on a saturday afternoon. i mean, this is a mall in america at the saturday in a mall in the spring. how many people are in there? multiple victims, because anyone who would pull out a gun, a handgun or a rifle, in a crowded mall like that, has lots and lots of targets before you can get away, can hit multiple people. it s just so disgusting, so tragic. you go to the mall to shop, and you are faced with the maniac who just wants to kill, mass murder, and went through, probably, the purpose of mass murder. state senator gutierrez sorry, jim cavanaugh, you finish your thought. no, i m sorry. you go, ahead alicia. i just wanted to bring in state senator roland gutierrez, if i still have. you i believe i do. when i hear jim cavanaugh talk about family centers, i am reminded of the conversations that you and i have had around you ve all day, and other
again, we are checking multiple times to see if we can get a more specific number. but it looks like there were some people injured as a result of the shooting, and we are looking to see what the witnesses will be telling us as far as their accounts of being inside that mall and where that shooter or shooters may have been in the outlets. we are just waiting for those accounts, george solis. we do have this sound of a mother who is outside the mall talking about looking for her daughter. here it is. i see a lot of people running. and we are wondering, like, what s happening? so, as we are approaching, we heavy so, i m looking for my daughter. i go and run very fast. and as i m coming, approaching the burger, you know, the starbucks, because my daughter said, shooting, yeah, i m already here. i m looking for you. so, the cops were already they were already fighting each other. there was a lot of people that were hiding. and so as i was going around, they told me
plural. is there anything that i missed? no, i think you ve got it, alicia. that s the key information. an officer in the mall on an unrelated call, here s the gunshots, and shoots the killer. the killer got all those rounds prior to the officer being able to stop him, that s because even if your present, you can t be the trigger of a semi automatic weapon. they put the rounds out so fast. we ve got some death, we ve got a lot of destruction, a lot of angsty there, and allen. we have a brave cop who went to the gunfire and stop them. if you didn t stop them, he might ve continued his rampage and in the crowded mall. jim, i m sorry to interrupt you. jim, i m so sorry to interrupt. you they did step back to the mic. my producers are listening in and watching, two pieces of information i want to bring to you for your assessment. one is they did not yet have firm numbers, that s part of