mall. his grandmother shared on facebook. elio, age 32, and aishwarya, age 26. we also know about the shooter, who was a 33-year-old suspected nazi sympathizer dressed to kill, wearing a tactical vest and armed with an assault rifle and a handgun. more weapons and ammunition were found in his car. at the time of the massacre, he was wearing a patch on his chest that include an acronym, rwds. authorities believe it stands for right wing death squad, a phrase used in far right social media spaces. it also appears on t-shirts and tats of proud boys, some of whom including their former leader were recently found guilty of seditious conspiracy in the january 6th attack on the capitol. the shooter and tarrio was hispanic, so yes, you can be non-white and pro nazi.
shoo shootings. near a shelter for migrants sunday, and the day before, eight people were killed in a mass shooting at an outlet mall on the other side of the state. investigators are looking at whether the gunman was motivated by far-right extremism. an image of the shooter s body shows him wearing all black tactical gear and he had a patch on his clothing with the letters, rwds, which police believe stands for right wing death squad. he also apparently had a lot of neo-nazi and white supremacist social media posts. we re now hearing from a survivor who hid inside a bathroom closet with 12 other people. the gunshots, just, it sounded like a war zone. if it was horrifying and it felt like you were in a dream. like, just shock, but we were in a bathroom closet. and we were just in the closet trying not to be heard, crying,
and really didn t say anything. reporter: a senior law enforcement official also says that they have discovered that mauricio garcia has connections to right whinge extremeively. on his body they found an insignia with the letters that say rwds which stands for right-wing death squad. and 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 some of the initial details we re hearing from investigators. this as we ve now gone more than 24 hours since the shooting happen that officials and law enforcement officers have not briefed reporters on the latest on this investigation. ed lavandera, cnn, allen, texas. the family of christian
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
reporter: a senior law enforcement official also says that they have discovered that mauricio garcia has connections to right-ng within extremism. they found insignias which stand for rwds which stands for right-wing death squad. and officials say there s a long list of social media posts with white supremacist and right-wing extremists as well. exactly how that plays into the motivation of carrying out the attack here at this outlet mall in allen, that part is is not exactly clear. but those are the details we re hearing from investigators. this as we ve now gone more than 24 hours since the shooting happened that officials and law enforcement officers have not briefed reporters on the latest on this investigation. ed lavandera, cnn, allen, texas. texas governor greg abbott attended a vigil for those killed in a shooting in allen.