Eight people were killed and six others injured at Allen Premium Outlets one year ago.
ALLEN, Texas — Allen Police Lt. Kris Wirstrom and Fire Division Fire Chief Daniel Williams have a unique perspective of the event and the day that will forever be connected with their city. Thethat left eight people dead and half a dozen injured had a profound impact on the first responders who rushed to the ever-changing and chaotic scene.
Both first responders were just a couple miles from the outlets when the"shots fired" radio call came at 3:36 p.m.Williams recalls when he raced to the mall that there was very little information available to first responders at the time. He recalls seeing his fellow fire servicemen and women putting on ballistic vests. Wirstrom was the watch commander on the scene at the time.
Wirstrom tells WFAA the officer did exactly as he's trained in that circumstance: to stop the killing while staying out of the gunman's ambush zone.
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