# Mass Shooting in Allen Texas (Dallas suburb) \[May 6, 2023\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** breaking-news\ **Created:** [May 7, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685 "2023-05-07T00:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/1 "2023-05-07T00:37:35Z")
> **[Police confirm deaths in Texas mall shooting; at least nine victims...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/06/us/allen-texas-mall-shooter-reports/index.html)** > > Multiple people were shot, some fatally, at a mall near Dallas by a gunman who authorities believe was acting alone — and who is now dead — and at least nine victims were transported to trauma facilities, officials said Saturday. Shooter is dead. Unknown number of deaths, informal estimates of at least six. Nine or more transported to hospitals. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/2 "2023-05-07T00:45:56Z")
America! Fuck Yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/3 "2023-05-07T00:57:57Z")
Gov. Abbott (R) issues a statement where he, or someone on his staff, writes of “hearts” and “people” and “unspeakable tragedy” and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/4 "2023-05-07T01:01:31Z")
…CW warning: there are videos out for this one. Very disturbing. Be careful when scrolling. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/5 "2023-05-07T01:03:50Z")
God forbid the masses should actually see what it looks like! Why, they might demand action. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/6 "2023-05-07T01:13:57Z")
Then we’d lose our freedoms, duh. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/7 "2023-05-07T01:15:54Z")
Best to send thoughts and prayers, not actual thought and prayers- just type the words thoughts and prayers, and move on like it is in the past. A thing we will “Never Forget”. Maybe a slogan: Allen Strong. Yeah, we’ve got it covered. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/8 "2023-05-07T01:19:15Z")
When Republicans send ‘thoughts and prayers’, presumably they are both for the victims and the NRA. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/9 "2023-05-07T01:22:15Z")
> [@glee](#): > > When Republicans send ‘thoughts and prayers’, presumably they are both for the victims and the NRA. 🤢 - Just the NRA. The dead and injured are the price we pay for freedom. The tree of liberty and the blood of innocents and all that. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/10 "2023-05-07T01:22:16Z")
Ribbons! Dammit. Gonna need some fucking ribbons. What color are we going with this time? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/11 "2023-05-07T01:24:49Z")
[![](https://i.etsystatic.com/6865854/r/il/9553d8/1992931946/il_500x500.1992931946_2e1u.jpg) ](https://i.etsystatic.com/6865854/r/il/9553d8/1992931946/il_500x500.1992931946_2e1u.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/12 "2023-05-07T01:27:39Z")
We need a gun rights poster to come along and tell us this isn’t what we think we’re seeing with our own eyes. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/13 "2023-05-07T02:43:08Z")
But…but…but…the shooter WAS stopped by a good guy with a gun! A cop, no less. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/14 "2023-05-07T03:44:42Z")
Note the last update of my article: > Eight people were killed in a shooting at an outlet mall near Dallas, and seven victims are being treated at trauma facilities, officials said Saturday night. The gunman, who authorities believe was acting alone, is also dead. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/15 "2023-05-07T03:47:57Z")
BREAKING: Sen. Ted Cruz (R) tweets a statement where he, or someone on his staff, writes of “shock” and “praying” and “tragedy” and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/16 "2023-05-07T04:18:31Z")
Right now, Abbott is praying that this guy is an illegal immigrant. Otherwise, he’ll step all over his messaging from last week’s mass slaying in Texas! ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/17 "2023-05-07T05:26:01Z")
Didn’t you mean “roll all over his messaging”? Couldn’t resist. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/18 "2023-05-07T05:36:31Z")
Eight killed, not counting the shooter. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/19 "2023-05-07T07:07:46Z")
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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-in-allen-texas-dallas-suburb-may-6-2023/983685/20 "2023-05-07T07:18:17Z")
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