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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 expecting, huh?’
The video was uploaded before the shooting, but was scheduled to be published afterwards, according to Toler.
The OK.RU account carries posts referencing extremist online forums and content from white nationalists, including Nick Fuentes, an anti-Semitic white nationalist.
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.
Other photos include a bulletproof vest that appears to match the one described by witnesses to the shooting, which is emblazoned with an acronym for ‘Right Wing Death Squad’ – a popular meme among far-right extremist groups.
In one video that shows the account holder gives a tour of his apartment, a tattoo visible on his hand appears to match that seen in a picture of Garcia lying dead after he is shot by police at Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday.
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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 that appears to belong to Garcia
Posts also included Google location information which monitors peak times at the center
The account was littered with Nazi posts. The following four photos were all uploaded with the caption: ‘My kind of people’
It also posts extensively about Hitler, ‘superior races’ and about wanting to escape life
Garcia was briefly enrolled in the Army in 2008 and previously worked as a security guard but his license expired in 2020
Posts also show a series of shirtless pictures with white power tattoos on his body, including SS Lightning Bolts and a swastika.
Garcia’s motive remains unclear; his victims range in age from three to 61 and come from a variety of ethnicities.
But the OK.RU account makes is plastered with neo-Nazi ideology and rants against women and Jews.
It also posts extensively about Hitler, ‘superior races’ and about wanting to escape life, while raving about mass killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
The final post on OK.RU included the lyrics of a heavy metal song titled ‘You’ve dug your grave now lie in it.’
The account didn’t explicitly state what was being planned, but twisted posts refer frequently to violence.
Garcia was briefly enrolled in the Army in 2008 and previously worked as a security guard but his license expired in 2020.
According to witnesses from the shooting and photos from the scene, he had dressed in tactical gear.
No one from Garcia’s family has commented on the shooting on Saturday.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
