The Texas mall gunman surveyed his crime scene to track when it would be busiest three weeks before he shot eight people to death in a senseless bloodbathHas been reported.
A social media account that appears to belong to Mauricio García, 33, is plagued with photos of Nazisweapons and ammunition, as well as extremist rants about Jews, women and racial minorities, according to the Bellingcat investigator. Arico Toler.
In the weeks before he committed the nonsense mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets near Dallas, more than two dozen photos of the mall and the surrounding area were uploaded to an account on the OK.RU platform, including screenshots of Google location information tracking peak visit times.
Both Toler and nbc said the account, on the Russian site OK.RU, belonged to Garcia, who shot dead on the spot.
DailyMail.com verified a photo of Garcia posted on a Russian social media account that shows him with a waitress at a Texas Twin Peaks.
DailyMail.com verified a photo of Garcia posted on a Russian social media account that shows him with a Hooters waitress at a Texas branch. He was uploaded along with the caption: ‘Me at Twin Peaks in Frisco on Preston Road. Now that she’s a girl she knows how to make a guy smile. How to drive a guy crazy.
The posts also show a number of shirtless images with white power tattoos on his body, including SS Lightning Bolts and a swastika.
The account on the OK.RU site is also full of images of weapons and ammunition.
It was uploaded along with the caption: ‘Me at Twin Peaks in Frisco on Preston Road. Now that she’s a girl she 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 from a YouTube account with a video purporting to show Garcia removing a ‘Scream’ mask before asking in a modulated voice, ‘Not quite what you expected, huh?’
The video was uploaded before the shooting but was scheduled to be posted afterward, according to Toler.
The OK.RU account contains posts referencing extremist online forums and content from white nationalists, including Nick Fuentes, an anti-Semitic white nationalist.
The Texas mall gunman scouted his crime scene to track when it would be busiest three weeks before shooting eight people to death in a senseless bloodbath, it has been reported.
Other photos include a body armor 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 a video showing the account holder taking a tour of his apartment, a visible tattoo on his hand appears to match the one seen in a photo of Garcia dead after he was shot by police at Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday.
In the weeks before he committed the senseless mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets near Dallas, more than two dozen photos of the mall and its surroundings were uploaded to an account on the OK.RU platform that appears to belong to Garcia.
The posts also included location information from Google which monitors rush hours downtown.
The account was riddled with Nazi posts. The following four photos were uploaded with the caption: ‘My kind of people’
He also posts extensively on Hitler, ‘superior races’ and wanting to escape from life.
Garcia briefly signed up for the military in 2008 and previously worked as a security guard, but his license expired in 2020.
The posts also show a number of shirtless images with white power tattoos on his body, including SS Lightning Bolts and a swastika.
Garcia’s motive remains unclear; His victims are between the ages of three and 61 and come from a variety of ethnicities.
But the OK.RU account is replete with neo-Nazi ideology and diatribes against women and Jews.
He also posts extensively about Hitler, the “master races” and wanting to escape life, while discussing mass murderer Jeffrey Dahmer.
The final post on OK.RU featured lyrics to a heavy metal song titled ‘You’ve dug your grave, now lie in it’.
The account did not explicitly state what was being planned, but the misrepresented posts frequently refer to violence.
Garcia briefly signed up for the Army in 2008 and previously worked as a security guard, but his license expired in 2020.
According to witnesses to the shooting and photos from the scene, he had been dressed in tactical gear.
No one from Garcia’s family has commented on Saturday’s shooting.