{"id":87709,"date":"2023-05-06T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-07T02:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insiderpaper.com\/?p=87709"},"modified":"2023-05-06T23:39:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T03:39:35","slug":"shooter-kills-9-in-rampage-at-texas-mall-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insiderpaper.com\/shooter-kills-9-in-rampage-at-texas-mall-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine dead after shooting rampage at Texas mall: authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"
A man who went on a rampage at a Texas<\/a> outlet mall on Saturday shot dead eight people before he was himself killed, authorities said.<\/p>\n “(We) found seven deceased individuals on scene. We transported nine individuals to the hospital… Of those we transported, two have since died,” said fire chief Jonathan Boyd of Allen, Texas.<\/p>\n The shooting sparked panic at Allen Premium Outlets, a sprawling shopping complex in Allen, 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Dallas, filled with weekend shoppers.<\/p>\n A police officer was in the mall on an unrelated call when gunfire broke out around 3:30 pm (2030 GMT), said chief Brian Harvey of the Allen police department.<\/p>\n “He heard gunshots, went to the gunshots, engaged the suspect and neutralized the suspect,” Harvey said. “He also then called for ambulances.”<\/p>\n The identity of the shooter<\/a> was not released. His body, sprawled on a sidewalk, was one of the seven deaths at the mall when more police arrived.<\/p>\n Among the wounded at area hospitals, “three are in critical surgery, and four are stable,” Boyd, the fire chief, said.<\/p>\n Some of the victims were as young as five years old, a hospital official told NBC News.<\/p>\n