Texas gunman who killed eight had ‘neo-Nazi’ ideation, say officials

Mauricio Garcia, who was drummed out of the US army in 2008, reportedly also had extreme and Nazi tattoos on his body

The gunman who killed eight people and wounded seven others at a suburban Dallas shopping mall had no prior criminal record but had “neo-Nazi ideation”, authorities said on Tuesday.

Investigators are still trying to determine why Mauricio Garcia opened fire on Saturday at the Allen Premium Outlets, Hank Sibley, the regional director of the Texas department of public safety, said at a news conference.