Bloody Saturday afternoon in Texas. Eight people were killed and seven were injured in a mega-mall in Allen, suburb of Dallas , by a man in military gear who opened fire on the crowd before being himself killed by an officer.
Yet another episode linked to easy weapons: it seemed like a typical shopping afternoon at Allen Premium Outlets, thousands of people wandered among the more than 100 stores , unaware of the nightmare that was materializing.
At 15.30 the killer started shooting, witnesses speak of dozens of shots, then chaos broke out and only the timely intervention of the police prevented an even more serious toll. The police said the killer, who was wearing "military clothing", was killed by an agent who intervened on the spot .
The reason for the massacre is unknown at the moment. A witness said that “the attacker was wearing a vest and appeared to have received training. He knew what he was doing." A shocking video circulating on Twitter shows the man, dressed in a dark suit, getting out of a gray car in the mall parking lot and shooting at people. The images are blurry and in the distance but the sound of gunfire is clear.
There are also children among the victims .
(Unioneonline/L)