Right-Wing Death Squads & Radicalization: What Led to the Allen Massacre?
10 Minute Murder | Bingeable True Crime Stories
Joe Kuner
4.8 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
A man dressed in black steps out of his car at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas, and within seconds, chaos erupts. But this wasn’t a random act of violence—it was planned. Down to the entrance he used, the time of day he chose, and the arsenal he brought with him. Mauricio Garcia didn’t just want destruction; he wanted to be remembered.
In this episode, we break down how a man with no criminal record went from security guard to mass shooter. We’ll walk through the disturbing digital trail he left behind—over 300 pages of diary entries, extremist affiliations, and detailed reconnaissance of the mall weeks before the attack. From his final social media posts to the moment he opened fire, this is the story of a man who meticulously prepared for a massacre and a community left in its wake.
With disturbing details backed by investigative findings, we’ll examine Garcia’s descent into extremism, his connection to far-right ideologies, and the horrifying steps he took to ensure maximum casualties. And most importantly, we’ll look at what—if anything—has changed since.
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| 0:00.0 | Outlet malls are supposed to be places where you score a good deal on shoes, not where your life |
| 0:06.1 | depends on how fast you can run. But on May 6, 2003 in Allen, Texas, a man in black stepped |
| 0:13.3 | out of his car and made sure that wasn't the case. This wasn't random. He had a plan, a carefully |
| 0:20.3 | mapped out, Google-reviewed, weapon stockpiled plan. He had a plan, a carefully mapped out, Google-reviewed, weapon-stockpiled plan. |
| 0:24.5 | He spent weeks preparing, taking pictures of the mall, tracking its busiest hours. |
| 0:30.0 | And, because he clearly needed an audience, uploaded his 300-page diary to a Russian social media site. |
| 0:36.8 | What he wrote in there? let's just say it wasn't |
| 0:39.3 | poetry. What followed was four minutes of absolute devastation. And what investigators uncovered |
| 0:45.8 | afterward, that's the part that will leave you wondering how many red flags can pile up before |
| 0:50.8 | someone decides to actually do something. Before we dive into this story, |
| 0:55.2 | if you like your true crime brief and bingeable, you're in the right place. Hit follow now |
| 1:00.1 | for at least two new episodes every week. This is 10-minute murder. Let's get into it. On May 6, 2003, a man dressed head to toe in black pulled up to an outlet mall in Allen, Texas. |
| 1:36.5 | No hesitation, no build-up, just cold, deliberate action. |
| 1:41.2 | The second his foot hit the pavement, he raised his gun and started shooting. There was no |
| 1:46.1 | pattern, no target, just bullets flying toward anyone in range. People scrambled, diving behind |
| 1:52.2 | displays, ducking into storage rooms. Mall employees, suddenly thrust into the role of makeshift |
| 1:58.5 | first responders, guided strangers to whatever cover |
| 2:01.6 | they could find. |
| 2:02.6 | It lasted four minutes, four minutes in which 15 people were shot. |
| 2:07.6 | Eight never made it out, including three children. |
| 2:11.6 | Among the seven survivors were parents who lost their children and children who lost their entire families. |
| 2:21.9 | Amid the horror, one military veteran on the scene did not hesitate. |
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