6-year-old boy is lone survivor of family in Texas mass shooting

we are learning more about some of those missing in the

texas

mall

mass

acre this is the Cho

family

mom Cindy and dad and three

year

old James they were all killed just six

year

old William he survived and is recovering. at the hospital this

family

had just celebrated William's 6th birthday a few days earlier and they were all going to the mall to exchange some GoFundMe gifts for William Cho has already raised over a million dollars we are also learning more about the shooter who targeted them and killed them and their white supremacist beliefs reporter Melissa Adan has the story Authorities are investigating the Texas mall

shooting

that left eight dead and seven others injured as possible domestic terrorism The suspect identified as Mauricio Garcia, 33, the investigators are examining a social media profile that appeared to belong to Garcia Rife with neo-Nazi ideology, racism and hate towards women a series of photos uploaded to the account in April 2023 appeared to indicate the shooter may have visited the mall as early as May 2022 and again in January of this year, the military says Garcia was discharged after just three months of service in 2008 for mental health issues Monday, the Texas DPS released the names of the adult victims, including Ki seong Cho, 37, and Cindy, 35.

Cho Aishwarya tatikanda, 26, an engineer Christian lacour, 20, his sister tells ABC that he was a security guard on duty and Elio cumano Rivas, 32, among the victims there are also children, a three-year-old boy and two sisters of eight Sophia Mendoza, 11, and Daniela Mendoza, 11, the principal of their primary school say the girls were rays of sunshine who lived to tell their stories of survival say they seek safety where they can or like Israel Hill who ran to a restaurant and heard minutes of gunshots along with the sound of children crying and screaming for help at this point, he says he just feels

survivor

guilt, especially since there were children who died, yes.

Matt Gutman, she is now haunted by what happened, she actually heard the screams of the victims. I can't get them out of my head. An attorney for the Allen police officer who shot and killed the gunman issued a statement in part saying the officer ran for power. rifle fire as others fled calling him a brave servant in Allen Texas Melissa Don ABC News hi I'm Mark Brown get more great content from ABC 7 by clicking the Subscribe button for our YouTube channel and download the ABC 7 Los Angeles streaming app on Fire TV Android TV Apple TV and Roku to watch on your TV