He was discharged from the Army in 2008 because of mental health issues and apparently had been working as a security guard, according to neighbors and an Army official.Īric Toler, director of training and research at the international research collective, said he identified Garcia's profile on the site OK.RU by searching for active accounts with his birthdate located in the U.S. The online activity contributed to an emerging picture of the gunman Monday. Other posts indicated Garcia had researched when the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, one of the Dallas-area's most diverse suburbs, would be the busiest - Saturday afternoons, the time he carried out the massacre, which ended when police shot and killed him. Photos he posted showed large Nazi tattoos on his arm and torso, including a swastika and the SS lightning bolt logo of Hitler's paramilitary forces. Garcia’s online activity also betrayed a fascination with white supremacy and mass shootings, which he described as sport. Among the dead were two elementary school-age sisters, a couple and their 3-year-old son, and a security guard. The posts by Mauricio Garcia on a Russian social networking site suggest the 33-year-old had been planning the attack for weeks before he stepped out of a silver sedan and opened fire Saturday.
The man accused of killing eight people and wounding several others in a mass shooting at a suburban Dallas shopping mall researched when it was busiest and posted photos on social media in mid-April of a store near where he ultimately started his attack. For the majority of cultures who believe that lightning is a powerful and meaningful force, a lot of the associations are held in a positive light.Yfat Yossifor / KERA Community members bring flowers to the memorial for the victims of Saturday's shooting Monday, May 8, 2023, at Allen Premium Outlets in Allen. Wherever lightning struck would be considered a sacred and holy place, so religious ceremonies and rituals would be performed on these locations. The Celts held lightning in a highly spiritual regard. Legend says that lightning comes from the eyes of the thunderbird to strike those who are misguided and untruthful. In Native American lore, lightning often goes hand-in-hand with the thunderbird, which together signify honesty, truth, and morality. In Chinese culture, lightning is closely associated with the idea of fertility, for much the same reason as Greeks believe. It’s not just Greece where lightning bolts hold significance, many different cultures associate distinct meanings with lightning.
Ancient Greeks also saw lightning as a symbol of fertility, because often lightning comes with rain, which is a fundamental component of crops growing and earth being fertile. In Greek culture, the lightning bolt symbolizes not just power, but also strength, intelligence, intuition, and spiritual enlightenment. When or where Zeus would strike his lightning bolts was unpredictable, so lightning has been seen as a symbol of the fickle nature of humankind and the world in general. The father of the Gods is frequently seen holding or throwing lightning bolts, which symbolized his power over Gods and man. Lightning has most famously and historically been associated with the Gods, specifically the Greek god Zeus.
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