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Another American community is mourning for lives lost to a mass shooting — this time at a Dallas-area outlet mall where a gunman stepped out of a sedan and opened fire on shoppers. Eight people were killed and seven wounded Saturday in suburban Allen before the assailant was killed by a police officer who happened to be nearby. John Mark Caton is senior pastor at Cottonwood Creek Church, about two miles from the mall. He offered prayers during his weekly service for victims, first responders and the shoppers and employees who “walked out past things they never should have seen.”

Three law enforcement officials who spoke to The Associated Press named the gunman as Mauricio Garcia, who was fatally shot by a police officer who happened to be near the suburban Dallas mall.

Dallas Pastor Plans Prayer Vigil After Shooting

Law enforcement officials identified the gunman who was fatally shot by a police officer at Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas.

Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology as they work to try to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cautioned the investigation is in its early stages.