Police identify gunman in Dallas area mall shooting: Finding grace in the midst of unspeakable grief
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 8 May 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
A gunman opened fire at the Allen Premium Outlets Saturday afternoon, killing six people at the mall and injuring at least nine others. Of the nine who were hospitalized, two later died. Three others are in critical condition at this writing. I have been to this mall several times and know people who live in Allen. There is something about the proximity of tragedy that makes it feel more real. How, then, should we respond when he allows horrific tragedy?
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast for Monday, May 8, 2023. |
| 0:07.1 | I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:13.0 | The world was focused last Saturday on the tradition-steeped coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, |
| 0:20.2 | and sports fans were watching 15-1 |
| 0:22.9 | long-shot mage rally from the back of the pack to win the Kentucky Derby. Meanwhile, those of us |
| 0:29.3 | who live in North Texas were horrified as another mass shooting erupted this time in our backyard. |
| 0:35.6 | A gunman opened fire at the Allen Premium Outlet Saturday afternoon, |
| 0:40.4 | killing six people at the mall and injuring at least nine others. Of the nine who were |
| 0:45.6 | hospitalized, two later died. Three others are in critical condition at this writing. The gunman, |
| 0:52.0 | identified yesterday by police as Mauricio Garcia, was, quote-unquote, |
| 0:57.3 | neutralized by a city police officer who was responding to an unrelated call at the mall. |
| 1:03.6 | Authorities are reportedly investigating the gunman's possible links to white supremacist ideology. |
| 1:09.7 | Allen is a city 25 miles north of downtown Dallas with a population of 106,874. |
| 1:16.6 | I have been there several times over the years and have friends who live in the area. |
| 1:20.6 | There is something about the proximity of tragedy that makes it feel more real. |
| 1:25.6 | For example, more than 400 people are dead and many more |
| 1:30.3 | are missing after flooding in eastern Congo. I confess if these floods had happened where I live, |
| 1:36.3 | they would feel even more tragic to me. Our omniscient and omnipresent father is not constrained by such |
| 1:43.3 | territorial compassion. We know from John 316 that he loves |
| 1:46.7 | the entire world, whether we requite his love or not. As St. Augustine observed, God loves each of us |
| 1:54.1 | as if there were only one of us. How then should we respond when he allows horrific tragedy? |
| 2:04.0 | Consider two options. One answer is to view the character of God through the prism of human suffering. Many who do this decide that God, |
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