

The White House said President Biden had been briefed on the shooting and that the administration had offered support to local officials. Mass killings are happening with staggering frequency in the United States this year: an average of about one a week, according to an analysis of The AP/USA Today data. Nine victims were transported to local hospitals by Allen Fire Department,” the agency wrote in the Facebook post. “The officer engaged the suspect and neutralized the threat.

More than three dozen shots could be heard as the vehicle recording the video drove off.Īn Allen Police officer was in the area on an unrelated call when he heard shots at 3:36 p.m., the police department wrote on Facebook. Medical City Healthcare, a Dallas-area hospital system, said in a written statement it was treating eight between the ages of 5 and 61.ĭashcam video that circulated online showed a gunman step out of a vehicle outside the mall and immediately start shooting at people on the sidewalk. Allen Police said in a Facebook post that nine victims had been taken to hospitals.
