A Texas gunman staked out massacre mall to monitor peak times three weeks before killing eight
The Texas mall shooter scoured his crime scene to find out when it would be busiest three weeks before shooting eight people to death in a senseless massacre, it has been reported.
A social media account that appears to belong to Mauricio Garcia, 33, is littered with photos of Nazis, guns and ammunition, as well as extremist rants about Jews, women and racial minorities, according to Bellingcat researcher Eric Toler.
In the weeks before he committed the senseless mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets near Dallas, more than two dozen photos of the mall and its surroundings were uploaded to an account on the OK.RU platform, including Google location screenshots information that tracks peak visits times.
Both Toler and NBC said the account, on Russian site OK.RU, belonged to Garcia, who was shot on the spot.
DailyMail.com verified a photo of Garcia uploaded to a Russian social media account showing him next to a Hooters waitress at a Texas branch.
DailyMail.com verified a photo of Garcia uploaded to a Russian social media account showing him next to a Hooters waitress at a Texas branch. It was uploaded alongside the caption, ‘Me at the Twin Peaks in Frisco on Preston Road. That’s a girl who knows how to make a boy smile. How to drive a man crazy.’
Posts also show a series of shirtless photos with white power tattoos on his body, including SS Lightning Bolts and a swastika
The account on the OK.RU site is also full of photos of weapons and ammunition
It was uploaded alongside the caption, ‘Me at the Twin Peaks in Frisco on Preston Road. That’s a girl who knows how to make a boy smile. How to drive a man crazy.’
Another post appears to show the receipt for the guns and ammunition he bought in 2020 and eventually used to carry out the shootings.
The account also links to other sites, including a YouTube account with a video allegedly showing Garcia removing a “Scream” mask before asking in a modulated voice, “Not quite what you expected, huh?”
The video was uploaded before shooting, but according to Toler, would be published afterwards.
The OK.RU account contains posts referencing extremist online forums and content from white nationalists, including Nick Fuentes, an anti-Semitic white nationalist.
The Texas mall shooter scoured his crime scene to find out when it would be busiest three weeks before shooting eight people to death in a senseless massacre, it has been reported.
Other photos include a body armor that appears to match the one described by witnesses to the shooting, which features an acronym for “Right Wing Death Squad” — a popular meme among far-right extremist groups.
In a video showing the account holder giving a tour of his apartment, a tattoo visible on his hand appears to match the one in a photo of Garcia lying dead after being shot by police Saturday at Allen Premium Outlets.
In the weeks before he committed the senseless mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets near Dallas, more than two dozen photos of the mall and its surroundings were uploaded to an account on the OK.RU platform that appears to belong to Garcia.
Messages also include Google location information that monitors peak times downtown
The account was littered with Nazi messages. The following four photos were all uploaded with the caption: ‘My kind of people’
There are also extensive posts about Hitler, ‘superior races’ and about wanting to escape from life
Garcia was briefly enlisted in the military in 2008 and previously worked as a security guard, but his license expired in 2020
Posts also show a series of shirtless photos with white power tattoos on his body, including SS Lightning Bolts and a swastika.
Garcia’s motive remains unclear; his victims range in age from three to 61 and come from a variety of ethnicities.
But OK.RU’s account is plastered with neo-Nazi ideology and diatribes against women and Jews.
It also posts extensively about Hitler, “superior races” and wanting to escape life, while raving about mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer.
The last entry on OK.RU contained the lyrics to a heavy metal song titled “You’ve dug your grave now lie in it.”
The account did not explicitly state what was planned, but twisted messages often refer to violence.
Garcia was briefly enlisted in the military in 2008 and previously worked as a security guard, but his license expired in 2020.
According to witnesses to the shooting and crime scene photos, he was dressed in tactical gear.
No one from Garcia’s family has commented on Saturday’s shooting.