The shooter made hundreds of posts with racist rhetoric, according to the FBI.
The RWDS insignia spotted on Garcia is popular amongst right-wing extremists and paramilitary groups, maybe most notably the Proud Boys. The image below, for example, shows the insignia worn by Proud Boys member Jeremy Bertino, who
late last year to seditious conspiracy for his involvement during the January 6 attack on the Capitol.Global Project Against Hate and Extremism Co-Founder Heidi Beirich told Gizmodo the acronym refers to the right-wing death squads present during Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s reign which werefor “throwing their communist adversaries out of helicopters.
“Just because the ethnicity of the person is Latino doesn’t mean anything,” Beirich said. “You can become a white supremacist by self-identifying as one.”Local police, Texas Rangers, and federal law enforcement agencies are currently investigating possible racist motives for the shooting, though they stressed the investigation is still ongoing. The shooting, in other words, is being probed as a possible hate crime.
“Just the thought of living a few houses down from someone who can do this can be a little scary and give you more caution,” one of Garcia’s neighbors told NBC News. “I don’t know why people want to shoot innocent people for any reason.”The horrifying shooting started around 3:30 pm local time at the Allen outlet mall. Police say Garcia was armed with an AR-15 style long rifle and a handgun. He was also wearing a tactical vest reportedly jam-packed with additional ammunition.
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