The presser was the Texas governor's first since a mass shooting at a Dallas-area shopping mall that left eight dead, including children.
took only four questions from reporters in his first remarks after a violent weekend in the state, with his handlers abruptly ending a previously planned press conference on border security after receiving an inquiry about Saturday's mass shooting at a suburban shopping mall., with an AR-15 style rifle at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, before he was killed by an Allen Police Department officer who was at the mall on an unrelated call.
The motive for the Brownsville incident, or whether it was intentional, is not yet known. Investigator Martin Sandoval of the Brownsville Police Department said on Sunday that the driver was arrested and charged with reckless driving, adding that more charges will likely be filed. In addition, multiple media outlets over the weekend reported that Garcia was under investigation for suspected ties to right-wing extremist ideologies sparked by a patch on his tactical vest that had an acronym for the phrase,"Right Wing Death Squad." Others familiar with the investigation told outlets likethat they suspected Garcia may even have had white supremacist or neo-Nazi beliefs.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is seen. Inset, a demonstrator at a prayer service for the victims of Saturday's mass shooting in Allen, Texas, is seen over the weekend. Abbott took only four questions from reporters in his first remarks after a violent weekend in the state, with his handlers abruptly ending a previously planned press conference on border security after receiving an inquiry about Saturday's mass shooting.
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