Here is the latest from Alan.
A shooter killed 8 people and injured 7.
More children are among the vic.
The suspect, who witnesses saids
dressed in all black, is also d,
taken down by an officer,
according to police.
The mall is now a massive
crime scene where police,
the FBI and the ATF are investigating.
Allen Premium Outlets is a sprag
shopping center on West Stacy R.
just off Hwy. 75.
It's really one of the
busiest spots in Allen.
WFA's Chris Lawrence is in
tonight to anchor our coverage.
Chris, this awful shooting happd
around 3:30 this afternoon.
Here we are 7 hours later and te
scene where you are remains act.
It is, it is.
You still have police officer here is
collecting some evidence here and there.
But but overall it is eerily qu.
And when you hear those numbersd
hear the account of what happen,
it truly doesn't do justice to e
amount of of fear and anxiety tt
it produced here at, like you s,
one of the premier shopping mals
or shopping areas in North Texa.
I want to give you an idea of
where we're standing right now.
If you pan over there,
see the H&amp;M store right there.
All of this happened right on
the other side of that wall.
That is where just about everything happened.
Again, it is relatively quiet here now,
but I want to give you a look from on high,
from the chopper from earlier to give
you sort of a bird's eye view of what
was happening here as this took place.
You can just see the amount of
people just pouring out of the .
We heard accounts of people hudg
together with American Eagle.
Of trying to cover their childrn
at the Converse store are lookig
for anywhere in the backs of sts
where they could take cover.
People talking about they heard shots
coming out in such a rapid succession
that a lot of people thought wee
there fireworks going off before
they realized what was happenin.
It has been an incredibly emotil
day and when some of the city
and county officials came to the
podium in the last hour or so,
you could tell how connected
they are to this community.
When they talked about what happened.
Here's Police Chief Brian Harve.
We're all saddened by this event today,
this tragic event.
Today at 3:36, our officer was at Allen
Premium Outlets on an unrelated call.
He heard gunshots, located the gunshot,
located the shooter, neutralized the shooter,
neutralized the threat.
We believe at this point that
the shooter acted alone.
We are asking for the public's
help if you were a witness.
If you have any video, please call one 800.
Call FBI18 hundred.
Call FBI.
This is an ongoing active investigation.
Well, if you're wondering why ty
still want to hear witness acco,
why they want to see as much vio
as possible, because we look,
we know the shooter is dead.
But everything they can learn at
what happened here will not only help
inform the Allen Police Departm,
but police departments across ts
country as they tweak their rese
to active shooter events like this one.
Because unfortunately,
as we all well know,
this will not be the last time that officers
are called to respond to something like this.
What they want to see are diffet
angles where the shooter was,
where the victims were,
of what it what witnesses were able to see.
We have some new video that's just coming
into The Newsroom that we want to show you.
But I do want to warn you,
you will hear the sound of the
gunshots and it is jarring to h.
Then you can see the just the c.
There's people.
Ran around trying to figure out exactly
where the gunfire was coming fr,
where they could find cover,
trying to protect a lot of the
children who were here shopping
on a Saturday afternoon.
I wanted to toss over to my colleague,
Tiffany Liu.
She's on the other side of
the Allen Premium Outlets,
and she's been talking to a lotf
the shoppers who describe what t
was like when all this happened.
Tiffany.
Yeah, Chris, I got here shortly
after the incident happened,
and it was still extremely chao.
When I arrived, I saw folks rung
and I talked to so many of them
who gave me their perspective.
And like you mentioned earlier,
this is still very much
an active investigation.
Where I'm standing right now,
it was filled with people
along this sidewalk,
just right outside of the
Allen Premium outlets,
and all those folks were
waiting for their cars,
but they won't be able to access it tonight.
Many of them had to actually get
Ubers and rideshares to take
and find their way home because.
This is all part of the
investigation right now,
but I want you guys to listen
to some of their perspectives.
It's the story of another mass shooting.
I was at the mall shopping and
it was active shooter this
time at Allen premium outlets.
Multiple people, multiple people
died shopper on a Saturday aften
or 10:15. More shots go off. Had to hide
run and fear for their lives.
Spoke to many people.
There was a lot with parallel perspectives.
Inside a store looking out,
there's this guy dressed in
all black, wearing a vest,
has an assault rifle and
he's just shooting at people,
Cole Korchak says.
They barricaded in the back.
It was fight or flight
with no time to think.
People were running because
the shooters were there.
In 10 and 9 year old Alexa and
Jade Martinez with their parents
did what they practiced at scho.
When the gunshots finally stopp,
I seen the shooter.
It was an active shooter.
I seen him when I was walking o.
He had on the vest and some Chuck Taylors.
Aaron Fleming saw the shooter was dead.
Dad, I just want to let
you know I'm all right.
So much relief, yes.
So much pain for the victims. Ht
or killed, a couple people down.
On the way out, there was a coue
people down and the actual shoor
was down as well. What they
witnessed, they won't forget. Is
just not fair.
Not fair for anyone. The story f
another mass shooting.
This the world that
we live in right now.
This time in Allen, TX.
I'm Tiffany Lee.
Now, a lot of people have quests
about who this shooter was but tonight.
I don't want to focus on who the shooter was.
I want to focus on who the victims were.
We know that eight people have d
because of this senseless crimed
seven more are still in the hosl
recovering some in critical sur.
For now, let's send it back
to you, Chris.
Yeah, Tiffany, you know,
obviously a lot of times when te
adrenaline starts to to wear off after
you experience something like t,
the adrenaline wears off and ths
when the the that deep emotional trauma.
Really starts to to set in.
It will be something that a lotf
these people, even the survivor,
will be trying to process over the days,
weeks, months to come.
Teresa, I'll send it back to yo.
Absolutely, Chris.
And it's just so jarring and so
heartbreaking to see the fear ad
the panic on those shoppers fac,
the children that we could see there and
Tiffany story just trying to run to safety,
running for their lives.
Chris, we appreciate your cover.
We'll see you again in just a few minutes.