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- Deadly crash driver shouted anti-migrant slurs, witness says
- ‘Like living in a war zone’: in towns like Allen guns are deeply ingrained
- Volunteer group helps grieving family identify body in Texas shooting
- Questions remain after tragedy near shelter for migrants fleeing crises
Many developments are expected today in the twin tragedies that caused mayhem and misery in Texas over the weekend and raised questions over the frequency of mass killings in America, including via gun violence and politically-motivated aggression.
There have been no motives officially disclosed by authorities yet in Saturday’s mass shooting in Allen, near Dallas, where a gunman killed eight and was then shot dead. And in a car crash in Brownsville, south Texas on Sunday, where a vehicle plowed into people outside a migrant shelter.
A man is reported to be facing charges in Brownsville, Texas, close to where the US-Mexico border meets the Gulf of Mexico, in connection with the horrific incident on Sunday morning where an SUV plowed into people at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter, killing eight and wounding 10 more.
Authorities will shortly hold a press conference in the border city. The victims in that tragedy have not yet been named but at least some were Venezuelan migrants and witnesses have reported the suspect shouting anti-immigrant slurs.
The suspect’s identity has not yet been shared by authorities.
Meanwhile, almost 600 miles north of Brownsville, in Allen, on the outskirts of Dallas, a shaken community is trying to come to terms with the aftermath of a mass shooting at a shopping mall on Saturday, where a gunman killed eight people before being shot dead by a law enforcement officer.
The gunman in Allen reportedly had ties to white supremacy. The identity of most of the victims of this latest massacre have not yet been released, although at least one was of Indian nationality.
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