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Feds Eye Neo-Nazi Extremism in Texas Massacre by Ex-Guard<!-- wp:html --><p>Jeremy Lock/Reuters</p> <p>The gunman who murdered eight people and wounded seven others at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas, was identified Sunday as a 33-year-old former security guard named Mauricio Garcia who reportedly spewed neo-Nazi sympathies online.</p> <p>Garcia, whose family lives in nearby Dallas, was killed by a police officer responding to the carnage at the Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday afternoon. He had been living in a hotel, according to several media outlets, citing law enforcement sources.</p> <p>The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed the gunman’s identity more than 24 hours after the mass shooting—and a day after FBI agents swooped down on his parents’ home. His family has not commented on the massacre.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mauricio-garcia-identified-as-gunman-in-mall-massacre-in-allen-texas">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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The gunman who murdered eight people and wounded seven others at a shopping mall in Allen, Texas, was identified Sunday as a 33-year-old former security guard named Mauricio Garcia who reportedly spewed neo-Nazi sympathies online.

Garcia, whose family lives in nearby Dallas, was killed by a police officer responding to the carnage at the Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday afternoon. He had been living in a hotel, according to several media outlets, citing law enforcement sources.

The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed the gunman’s identity more than 24 hours after the mass shooting—and a day after FBI agents swooped down on his parents’ home. His family has not commented on the massacre.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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