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we are following two major stories unfolding aat this hour. in texas, a killer revealed. we re learning more details about the gunman in the deadly shooting, eight people shot. a car hit a group of people outside a homeless shelter outside brownsville, texas. but we begin this hour in allen, texas. first, a warning that some of the things you re about to see are disturbing. cnn obtained this photo that appears to show the dead shooter heavily armed and dressed in tactical gear. a senior law enforcement source familiar with the investigation tells cnn that the suspect, the gunman, is 33-year-old mauricio garcia. a dash cam video captures the moment the killer hops out of his car. we re pausing it before you see him gun down men, women, and children on that by busy sidewalk at that outlet mall. this is the sound of terror and gunshots and people frantically running for cover. a police officer already at the mall on an unrelated call kills the gunman. ed lavin deare row ....
We were in a neighborhood with an address that matches garcia s parents. and speaking with several neighbors there earlier today, they described someone who is a loner but also someone who is often polite. and many people simply stunned about the details emerging about the gunman here today. jim? and ed, what are we learning about the shooter s possible motivation and ties to extremism? reporter: well, a senior law enforcement source tells cnn s josh campbell that they have discovered and uncovered evidence of possible connections to right wing extremism. and that on his body, we ve shown that image of the gunman believed to be down on the ground here at the outlet mall had an incigna with the initials rwds, which stands for right wing death squad. other social media posts and those kinds of things have also been discovered. connecting that with what exactly has happened here still ....
Sidewalk at that outlet mall. this is the sound of terror and gunshots and people frantically running for cover. a police officer already at the mall on an unrelated call kills the gunman. ed lavin deare row is at the scene of this senseless attack. we have new information, i understand, coming in to cnn this afternoon and this evening. what can you tell us? reporter: well, we do have new details in speaking with witnesses at the scene here yesterday, jim. and this is the area behind me, still cordoned off by ha investigators. but the area where the shooting started to where it ended is several hundred yards. we spoke with the witness a short while ago who was on the northwest corner the northeast corner, excuse me of the building and witnessed the gunman pass him by. and the officer also pursuing him in that parking lot where ....