the mall and there was one man at the scene that had a connection to 911 and he was having trouble describing to them where he was at and what he was doing, so i just kind of jumped in there, gave some directions on where the shooter went. he gave me a description. and then i started trying to take care of victims.i went to want to be too graphic, but she was not able to be saved. i couldn t save the second guy, the third guy actually expired wh while i was trying to do chest compressions. the child came out from under, what i believe was the mother, it might have been a relative, i don t know how the relation is, but started to wander around asking for help, saying mom, mom, mama, i skocooped the chil up and took him 10, 15 feet away so they couldn t tell what was going on. there was so much blood on the
expanded its blast radius over the weekend to a premium outlet mall in texas where that state s republican leaders are today striking a pose of complete impotence in the face of both deadly forces, the 199th shooting took place in allen, texas, a suburb of dallas, texas, eight people were murdered including a 5-year-old boy. six others were injured. unimaginable. unthinkable carnage unfolded as a man armed with an ar-15 style rifle opened fire. here s how one eyewitness who rushed to the mall when his son said shots had been fired outside the store where he works described the scene. the first girl i walked up to was crouched down covering her head in the bushes so i felt for a pulse, pulled her head to the side and she had no face. and so when i rolled the mother over, he came out and asked him are you okay, he said, my mom is hurt. my mom is hurt so whether than
ed will stick by as well. one of the first responders on the scene on saturday in texas in that tragic mass shooting was a former army and police officer. his name is steven spainhauer and he was rushing to the mall after he got a call from his son who worked at the h&m, after the gunman opened fire. thankfully, his son, freddy, 23 years old, was not harmed. steven joins us now. good morning, poppy. really a terrible morning for you, your entire state, and this country. as you understand it, you found a child alive with a mother dead, protecting that child. is that right? yes, i did. it s pretty horrific, what i saw. i didn t go with the intent of being a first responder or helping anybody, i went to find my son. i was surprised when i drove into the mall that it was the parking lot was empty. people were still sheltering in their cars. people were running away from
connections to right-wing extremism, they had found on his body an insignia with the initials rwds, which stands for right wing death squad. how that plays into a motive in this case, and why it meant that he picked this place to carry out this horrifying attack is not clear right now. right now at this moment, the governor of texas is joined with the director of the texas department of public safety at a press conference or a press event in austin, texas, having nothing to do with this. has to do with title 42 and immigration issues. what s astounding in all of this since the shooting happened, investigators have not taken any questions about what transpired here at this outlet mall in alan, texas. eight people were killed. we do note twhat two of the victims, one was 21-year-old christian l ecuyer who worked here at the mall as a security
mental illness. seven bills would have banned the sale or possession of the semiautomatic rifle that a shooter used to kim dozens of people at an el paso walmart. and at least two bills would have raised the legal ages to own or purchase an assault weapon from 18 to 21 years old which would have made it illegal for the uvalde shooting. whose blood do they have on their hands? you can connect the dots between laws that never made it to a governor s desk or got unsigned by the governor and actual death. it s fixable. these things are fixable. let s look at alan, texas, and the mall. this is a guy nbc news is reporting through courtney kube and ken dilanian whose military record shows he couldn t make it