The 33-year-old shot dead at least eight people and injured several others at the Allen Premium Outlets mall, in a suburb north of Dallas, on Saturday before he was killed by police.
He was also wearing a tactical vest and was equipped with a handgun during the shooting, police added., is believed to have interacted with neo-Nazi and white supremacist content online, as well as posting such content, two senior police sources told Sky News's US partner, NBC News.According to officers, an initial review of what are believed to be his social media accounts revealed hundreds of posts about ethnicity and race, including what is being described as violent extremist rhetoric.
A neighbour, who asked to be identified only as Julie, told NBC she would see Garcia going to and coming home from work every day like clockwork. "He tried to acknowledge us but seemed a little off," Julie said."He wasn't somebody you could carry a conversation with.""You could have knocked me over with a feather when I found out," she said.
Another neighbour, Gilda Bailey, said three police squad cars were parked outside his house when she got home. She said officers were not letting the suspect's relatives inside the residence and that she later saw the FBI removing items from Garcia's home.
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