The alleged gunman who claimed the lives of eight people at a Dallas suburbs mall in Texas over the weekend evidently held views aligned with white supremacist and Neo-Nazi beliefs that are now being analyzed as possible motivations for the onslaught, according to The Washington Post.
Though police have not yet released a motive for the attack, 33-year-old suspected gunman Mauricio Garcia was wearing a patch on his chest with the letters "RWDS," an acronym that stands for Right Wing Death Squad, according to people familiar with the investigation. The Daily Beast reported that the initials are used amongst Neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and paramilitaries. Investigators are now approaching the shooting as a possible hate crime, per The Post.
