The man accused of killing eight people at a shopping mall in Texas, United States, recently got large tattoos with Nazi symbols and had praised other perpetrators of mass shootings. Mauricio Garcia, 33, posted his diaries, photographs of tattoos, and cryptic warnings of his upcoming attack on the Russian social network OK.RU.
In his daily entries, he expressed hatred for women, Jews, and diversity and posted photos of his weapons, bulletproof vests, and skull patches with the initials “Right Wing Death Squad,” popular among far-right militias. However, there is no indication that Garcia was an active member of any group or had the support of anyone else in his attack on Saturday.
Garcia was gunned down by police shortly after his attack inside the busy shopping center located in the northern Dallas suburb, authorities said. His victims included three members of a Korean-American family, two elementary school-aged sisters, an Indian-American engineer, a mall security guard, and a 32-year-old man. Authorities are examining Garcia’s web pages on OK.UK, including his page labeled “PsycoVision5,” which used a logo of a smiley face with a Hitler-style mustache.
Garcia posted photos of tattoos he got last month, including a large swastika on his chest and the logo of the Waffen SS, the military branch of the Nazi Party. Although there is no evidence that Garcia was an active member of an extremist group, his ideological sympathies and Nazi tattoos suggest that he was inspired by Nazi ideology.
Thursday, March 28, 2024