Here s what is happening to texas is in mourning after two we can tragedies. and saturday, a government barely shot eight people before being killed by police in a mall in a dallas suburb of allen. it is the second deadliest mass shooting for 2023. an 8% was reported to have died in a vehicle crash in believed to be migrants. not known whether the act was intentional. now, back to dateline. intentional. welcome back to dateline. i am natalie morales. there is an old axiom in homicide investigations, follow the money. police were zeroing in on two men in carrie olson s life, when they got a big clue. if carrie was missing, then who used her atm card, and why?
This shooting is now the second deadliest mass shooting this year. the suspect was killed by a police officer who happened to be nearby on an unrelated call. right now six victims who survived the shooting are still in the hospital, three of which are still in critical condition at this hour. joining us now with more is nbc news correspondent morgan chesky in allen, texas. morgan, good morning, what more are we learning about the victims today? reporter: just within the last few hours, we ve learned the identities of two of the eight victims killed here at this allen, texas, mall. we d like to share their names and photos with you. the first has been identified as ashwaria, she was a woman shopping here on saturday afternoon when if gunman opened fire. we re told that her family has plans to send her back to her native country of india. and then we also have 20-year-old christian lecure. we ve learned christian was actually working as a security
Investigation and the response to lawmakers in just a moment. plus, president joe biden defends his division to send troupes to the southern border as the covid restrictions are set to end this week and the polls are sinking. and now on the wrong side of a potential rematch with donald trump in 2024. good morning and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day and week with us. we begin this morning with a second deadliest mass shooting in the united states this year. eight people were killed and several others injured on saturday when a gunman opened fire at an outlet mall in allen,
Zones. organizers point to the umpqua community college shooting that killed nine and the rampage at virginia tech that killed 32 and say those events would have had a different outcome if people had been armed. there needs to be a initial conversation and have people understand the common thread to the tragedies are the gun free zones. reporter: that conversation will likely heat up this weekend. monday is the third anniversary of the shooting at sandy hook that left 20 children and six adults dead. it is the second deadliest mass shooting following virginia tech. jose. thank you very much. here s a question heading into the holidays. does this christmas picture do you like it? or does it not do you find it attractive? because blasts they have been getting blasted because of this picture the folks who put it up. it shows a christmas tree with
Varying degrees of injuries. that makes this the second deadliest mass shooting since what happened in newtown, connecticut. the fact that there were two perpetrators here makes it the first time we ve seen that since columbine. what else do we know? there was a man and a woman involved here. said to be married. that they were both killed in a shoot-out with police. where did it start? right up behind us up the street, in this regional conference center, there was a conference center in there as well and what was going on was a holiday party for the county mental health agency. the male suspect involved worked at that agency. he was at that party and left after some type of altercation. was what happened thereafter an angry reaction? it doesn t seem that way but it s not completely ruled out by investigators. because when that man came back, he was with his wife, and supposedly had had tactical gear, long weapons, and potential explosive devices. we have new details emerging