Texas gunman staked out massacre mall to monitor peak times three weeks before ... trends now
The Texas mall gunman scoped out the scene of his crime to track when it would be busiest three weeks before he shot dead eight people in a senseless bloodbath, 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 Aric Toler.
In the weeks before he committed the senseless mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets near Dallas, more than two dozen photos of the shopping center and surrounding area were uploaded to an account on the OK.RU platform, including screenshots of Google location information tracking peak visiting times.
Both Toler and NBC said the account, on Russian site OK.RU, belonged to Garcia, who was shot and killed at the scene.
DailyMail.com verified a picture of Garcia uploaded to an account on a Russian social media that shows him next to a Hooters waitress in a Texas branch.
DailyMail.com verified a picture of Garcia uploaded to an account on a Russian social media that shows him next to a Hooters waitress in a Texas branch. It was uploaded alongside the caption: 'Me at the Twin Peaks in Frisco on Preston Road. Now that's a girl who knows how to make a guy smile. How to drive a guy crazy.'
Posts also show a series of shirtless pictures with white power tattoos on his body, including SS Lightning Bolts and a swastika
The account on the site OK.RU is also littered with pictures of guns and ammunition
It was uploaded alongside the caption: 'Me at the Twin Peaks in Frisco on Preston Road. Now that's a girl who knows how to make a guy smile. How to drive a guy crazy.'
Another post appears to show the receipt for the guns and ammunition he bought in 2020, which he ultimately used to carry out the shootings.
The account also links to other sites, including one of a YouTube account with a video that allegedly shows Garcia removing a 'Scream' mask before asking in a modulated voice: 'Not quite what you were
