[ARCHIVED THREAD] - "Active" shooter at shopping mall in Allen, Texas; reports of multiple victims (Page 7 of 50)
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Quoted: I don't think it's unheard of for Cartels to entice people who have fucked up to go on suicide missions by threatening the safety of their loved ones. "Go do this hit and then get killed or we cut your head off with a chainsaw and kill your kids" Quoted: Quoted: Agreed or a hit in general, but wouldn’t he have the resources to at least GTFO of the area? I find it unusual that the hit man was killed so quickly? I don't think it's unheard of for Cartels to entice people who have fucked up to go on suicide missions by threatening the safety of their loved ones. "Go do this hit and then get killed or we cut your head off with a chainsaw and kill your kids" Agreed that could very well be it |
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Quoted: That's a hard one. You hear gunshots in a parking lot and you just immediately assume "mass shooter" and try to ram whoever you see shooting? What if it's gangbangers shooting at each other? You going to insert yourself in that? What if the guy you run over with your car is a plain clothes cop returning fire? Too many variables to just insert yourself in the middle of it instantly. If you have kids in the car you GTFO. |
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At least five victims. Graphic video. Damn that’s horrendous |
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If the information I'm seeing about where the shooter was neutralized, versus where the shooting started, it would make absolutely zero sense this was some kind of targeted attack as the shooter went completely away from their vehicle and engaged other targets away from the original scene. It sounds like the Allen PD officer being on-site for an unrelated matter was a total miracle and prevented this from being much worse. |
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Quoted: That's a hard one. You hear gunshots in a parking lot and you just immediately assume "mass shooter" and try to ram whoever you see shooting? What if it's gangbangers shooting at each other? You going to insert yourself in that? What if the guy you run over with your car is a plain clothes cop returning fire? Too many variables to just insert yourself in the middle of it instantly. Quoted: Quoted: This exact scenario has played out in my head numerous times in the past. I’m running the motherfucker down if in a position to do so. Faster than grabbing an AR from under the back seat. That's a hard one. You hear gunshots in a parking lot and you just immediately assume "mass shooter" and try to ram whoever you see shooting? What if it's gangbangers shooting at each other? You going to insert yourself in that? What if the guy you run over with your car is a plain clothes cop returning fire? Too many variables to just insert yourself in the middle of it instantly. Ton of different variables. Having my kids in the vehicle could absolutely change how I react. |
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Quoted: All you guys saying its a government conspiracy, can you explain how they do it? So, first of all, the government at least encourages and baits people into carrying out attacks. And as crazy as MK Ultra sounds, the government has absolutely been working out in non-stop for decades. Maybe they've figured it out, maybe not. https://theintercept.com/2016/08/09/fbi-agent-goaded-garland-shooter-to-tear-up-texas-raising-new-alarms-about-bureaus-methods/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-agent-apparently-egged-on-draw-muhammad-shooter https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-fbi-knew-oklahoma-bomb-plot-suspect-is-schizophrenic/ |
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Quoted: I do not understand locking down the car parks and telling everyone to walk home on an 85F day. What about folks visiting from elsewhere, not unable to get to their car, now what ? What possible intelligence/insight can they get from thousands of parked cars ? Accomplices? |
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Quoted: Just down the road from me. EMS from cities all over responded. Anyone with a parked car inside has been told to find an Uber home. Allen by itself has a large and well equipped police group to handle this - armored vehicles, drones, command centers, etc. Looks like it was a hit. The outlets are very popular with anyone north of downtown Dallas. The last major shooting was literally two years ago. Pretty quiet and family oriented town. Just to add. There is a hotel on site of the Allen Premium Outlets. They are not too far of an Uber from DFW airport. I’ve been there numerous times and seen many well off foreigners shopping the deals. I’ve stopped going on weekends because of the thug traffic that frequents the stores. I used to go there quite a bit when my kids were small to buy them clothes for the year. |
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Quoted: Damn that’s horrendous Quoted: Quoted:
At least five victims. Graphic video. Damn that’s horrendous Damn. At least one very young victim in that pile of bodies. |
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Quoted: Accomplices? Quoted: Quoted: I do not understand locking down the car parks and telling everyone to walk home on an 85F day. What about folks visiting from elsewhere, not unable to get to their car, now what ? What possible intelligence/insight can they get from thousands of parked cars ? Accomplices?
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Quoted: Accomplices? Quoted: Quoted: I do not understand locking down the car parks and telling everyone to walk home on an 85F day. What about folks visiting from elsewhere, not unable to get to their car, now what ? What possible intelligence/insight can they get from thousands of parked cars ? Accomplices? They're not stopping anyone walking away; they're just not leaving in their cars. What advantage do they have from stopping Suzie soccer mom with 3 kids from getting her minivan, and instead have her walking down the side of the road away from the mall instead ? |
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Quoted: Video on TV showed that silver car that passed by and it had a ton of bullet holes in the windshield and side. He definitely shot at it. Yeah, on the dashcam video it looked like there was smoke/debris from impact on the car but it was very difficult to tell for sure with the angle and fisheye lens. Sounds like you've seen clear confirmation it was hit. |
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Quoted: I do not understand locking down the car parks and telling everyone to walk home on an 85F day. What about folks visiting from elsewhere, not unable to get to their car, now what ? What possible intelligence/insight can they get from thousands of parked cars ? ehh the whole lot of the the entire mall or the immediate area? sort of SOP, Lock everything down, nobody in or out except for police. They did that at a disrepect shooting at a mall near me. Once they have everybodys plates, search for evidence of bullet holes or casings.....but said everyones cars in the immediate area are staying, which extended several sections of the lot on either side of the incident |
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Quoted: Doesn't make sense considering they're saying an Allen PD officer was already on scene for something else. Quoted: Quoted: Shooting was on going for 20-30 min according to a witness I just saw on the news. If true this would not be a hit most likely Doesn't make sense considering they're saying an Allen PD officer was already on scene for something else. Agreed, I know that eyewitnesses aren’t always the best, but this is looking less and less like a hit. Witness reported bodies outside at H&M and a burger restaurant |
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I was a print and broadcast journalists in the 1970s and very early 80s. We had integrity back then. We also were taught that any reports early on were to be considered highly suspect. Nothing got reported without at least one corroborating source. The Mexican in the police vest falls into that category. Until they identify the shooter and show his vest, it isn't a fact. I can hear the helicopters circling the mall from my front yard. |
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Quoted: And shooters have been known to create traps for first responders. The Aurora one is a prime example and we have had a handful of our own. You have no idea who else may be involved, how big the scene really is, and what risks still exist. Quoted: Quoted: Accomplices? And shooters have been known to create traps for first responders. The Aurora one is a prime example and we have had a handful of our own. You have no idea who else may be involved, how big the scene really is, and what risks still exist. Sure - immediately following the shooting, but were a few hours after that now, and these cars are all locked down until tomorrow. |
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Quoted: They're not stopping anyone walking away; they're just not leaving in their cars. What advantage do they have from stopping Suzie soccer mom with 3 kids from getting her minivan, and instead have her walking down the side of the road away from the mall instead ? Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I do not understand locking down the car parks and telling everyone to walk home on an 85F day. What about folks visiting from elsewhere, not unable to get to their car, now what ? What possible intelligence/insight can they get from thousands of parked cars ? Accomplices? They're not stopping anyone walking away; they're just not leaving in their cars. What advantage do they have from stopping Suzie soccer mom with 3 kids from getting her minivan, and instead have her walking down the side of the road away from the mall instead ? And they've got names attached to them. They apparently have some good bit of detailed video from the stores. You see how they can run stuff down now. They want to gather more info. And know who had cars there. And for what. If anything a process of elimination. Accomplices could be someone tracking/ keeping tabs on them and feeding the shooter info. |
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Quoted: They're not stopping anyone walking away; they're just not leaving in their cars. What advantage do they have from stopping Suzie soccer mom with 3 kids from getting her minivan, and instead have her walking down the side of the road away from the mall instead ? Can you imagine the traffic snarl that would immediately create?  If I were parked there, I would deliberately choose to wait until things died down before retrieving my vehicle. |
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Quoted: Damn that’s horrendous Quoted: Quoted:
At least five victims. Graphic video. Damn that’s horrendous One looks to be a kid about 5 y/o. 
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Quoted: So, first of all, the government at least encourages and baits people into carrying out attacks. And as crazy as MK Ultra sounds, the government has absolutely been working out in non-stop for decades. Maybe they've figured it out, maybe not. https://theintercept.com/2016/08/09/fbi-agent-goaded-garland-shooter-to-tear-up-texas-raising-new-alarms-about-bureaus-methods/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-agent-apparently-egged-on-draw-muhammad-shooter https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-fbi-knew-oklahoma-bomb-plot-suspect-is-schizophrenic/ Quoted: Quoted: All you guys saying its a government conspiracy, can you explain how they do it? So, first of all, the government at least encourages and baits people into carrying out attacks. And as crazy as MK Ultra sounds, the government has absolutely been working out in non-stop for decades. Maybe they've figured it out, maybe not. https://theintercept.com/2016/08/09/fbi-agent-goaded-garland-shooter-to-tear-up-texas-raising-new-alarms-about-bureaus-methods/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-agent-apparently-egged-on-draw-muhammad-shooter https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-fbi-knew-oklahoma-bomb-plot-suspect-is-schizophrenic/ |
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Quoted: Sure - immediately following the shooting, but were a few hours after that now, and these cars are all locked down until tomorrow. Lay off the tv crime series. Processing a multiple homicide scene and an officer shooting will stretch into tomorrow and then some. |
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Quoted: I was a print and broadcast journalists in the 1970s and very early 80s. We had integrity back then. We also were taught that any reports early on were to be considered highly suspect. Nothing got reported without at least one corroborating source. The Mexican in the police vest falls into that category. Until they identify the shooter and show his vest, it isn't a fact. I can hear the helicopters circling the mall from my front yard. Absolutely agree. However, I just posted a tweet showing the shooter down on the ground. He had some kind of tactical vest/body armor on with white writing on the front. He also had a TON of what look to be AR mags attached in some kind of holder around his waist. I can make out at least 5 mags. Definitely not targeted considering all the ancillary information now coming out including the shooter's movements and photos of his body. |
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Quoted: @guns762 they need to take their shit to another thread. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: All you guys saying its a government conspiracy, can you explain how they do it? So, first of all, the government at least encourages and baits people into carrying out attacks. And as crazy as MK Ultra sounds, the government has absolutely been working out in non-stop for decades. Maybe they've figured it out, maybe not. https://theintercept.com/2016/08/09/fbi-agent-goaded-garland-shooter-to-tear-up-texas-raising-new-alarms-about-bureaus-methods/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-agent-apparently-egged-on-draw-muhammad-shooter https://www.cbsnews.com/news/family-fbi-knew-oklahoma-bomb-plot-suspect-is-schizophrenic/ x2 |
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The person on the ground looks kittted up. |