10 June 15 - 21, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents ended with eight dead and several more wounded. “Every recoverable victim was saved,” Dr. Kevin Hoffman, the medical director for the Allen Fire Department, said in the city of Al- len’s statement on the report. “If it were not for the training police and fire personnel had, I don’t think we would have been as fortunate.” It’s important to note this is the fire de- partment’s timeline specifically. There aren’t many mentions of the assailant, who police shot and killed on the scene, or the police response. Authorities have identified the gunman as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia of Dallas, a former secu- rity guard who allegedly held white su- premacist views. The first line of the report stated “shots fired outside store” at 3:36 p.m. Five minutes later, two dispatch notes offered a frighten- ing scenario that likely encapsulated the cri- sis nature of the shooting in its earliest moments. “Another shooter Sunglass Hut” is listed at 3:41 p.m. with “hostages in Bath and Body Works” stated only a few seconds later. The Sunglass Hut location was deemed clear shortly thereafter. At 3:50 p.m. the report noted “active shooter is not accounted for,” and at 4:19 p.m. a caller reported “gunman in the Tommy Hilfiger.” In the hours immedi- ately following the shooting on May 6 there were rumors and reports that more than one assailant was involved, although police declared the suspect had acted alone soon after the mall grounds had been cleared. During a May 9 press conference with Allen Police, FBI and Texas DPS, it was an- nounced that Garcia was shot by an Allen police officer who was already at the scene on an unrelated call “three to four minutes” after the shooting began. According to the timeline, the first para- medic arrived on the scene at 3:43 p.m., seven minutes after shots were first report- edly fired. A second paramedic vehicle ar- rived one minute later. Also at 3:44 p.m. emergency personnel began describing the carnage witnessed in front of the mall’s shops, with consecutive dispatch notes reading “shot in the stomach H&M” and “New Balance shot/bleeding in lower back.” Allen’s news release said, “Even before paramedics were able to reach the victims, police officers used tactical combat medical techniques to stop the victims’ bleeding.” At 3:50 p.m., “child shot in front of H&M” is stated right before dispatch notes that said “wife not breathing” and “not a controlled scene” were included. “The report from the police is that we have multiple upon multi- ple patients” is listed at the 3:51 mark. As medics reached people with injuries at 3:57 p.m. updates from the scene ap- peared more frequently on the timeline, in- cluding details on the status of the victims using triage color coding. “I have 6 victims, 1 black, 4 red, and 1 green, we are going to try to take 2 out right now.” The National Insti- tutes of Health states that black signifies a deceased patient, red signals an immediate need with severe injuries and green repre- sents minor injuries. That was just before perhaps the most chilling point of the entire nearly seven- hour timeline provided by Allen Fire De- partment when, 20 minutes after the shooting began, another dispatch note said “still in a war zone.” There were medical emergencies not in- volving gunshot wounds reported, including a 3-year-old with a seizure and someone having “a panic attack or heart attack” along with reports of people hiding in dumpsters on mall property. About 45 minutes after the shooting be- gan and for the next few hours, Allen Fire Department’s focus was on ambulance traf- fic to and from local hospitals and the estab- lishment of a unified command post and reunification efforts. The report also pro- vided detailed information on the contribu- tions of fire and EMS personnel from Allen, Fairview, Frisco, Lucas, McKinney, Plano, Princeton and Prosper. In the introduction to the post-incident report, Allen fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said that details related to the ongoing investiga- tions by the Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas Rangers were not included in the published timeline. Law enforcement personnel have not announced whether a motive for the attack has been uncovered. The last official update from authorities was on May 9, three days after the shooting. Allen Premium Outlets reopened last week after more than three weeks. The property’s owner says that a permanent me- morial is being planned. ▼ POLITICS ALL THE SINGLE LADIES CONSERVATIVES IN GRAPEVINE: ‘RADICAL LEFT’ RULED BY ‘CHILDLESS YOUNG LADIES. BY SIMONE CARTER A t a women’s conference in Grapevine over the weekend, prominent conservatives ral- lied around an astonishingly sexist message: Ditch your careers and start pumpin’ out babies, lest ye become a salty old hag someday. Yes, really. Charlie Kirk, founder of the right-wing nonprofit organization Turning Point USA, effectively set the tone for the Young Wom- en’s Leadership Summit by mansplaining to the audience how they should live their lives. The political commentator leaned into gender stereotypes the way your drunk Un- cle Harry leans into the bar around closing time: hard. At one point during the dayslong event, a young woman opened up about her goal of becoming an orthopedic surgeon. She said she’ll be 30 by the time she can even think of starting a family and asked Kirk for his take. “Go try to spend a couple days with ba- bies, and if it doesn’t move you to want to have some of your own, then go do the sur- geon thing,” he said in part. He later continued: “I just want to cau- tion you: A reality is that there are a lot of successful 35-year-old orthopedic surgeons that have cats and not kids. And they’re very miserable.” Damn, Kirk — what did cat-loving ortho- pedic surgeons ever do to you? Kirk then alleged that the “radical left” is mostly being “run by childless young ladies” on antidepressants. He added that there’s “nothing wrong” with being wholly career- driven before asserting that “evidence” overwhelmingly supports it’ll “lead to an empty life.” At another point, Kirk claimed that the concept of prioritizing one’s career is a “very, very dangerous proposition.” He said he’s heard from 32-year-old women who aren’t able to find a suitable partner because “all the good ones are gone. “And so, I think you should prioritize, ‘What do I want most in my life?’” he said. “And if that thing is the best thing that I think a human being can do, which is to get married and have kids, then you should do that with clear intentionality.” Other speakers at the event included conservative commentator Candace Owens and conspir- acist and Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Kari Lake, who last year lost a bid for Arizona governor, offered attendees more measured advice by conceding that when it comes to family and careers, women can have both. Turning Point USA’s Alex Clark railed against topics ranging from abortion to birth control, even taking aim at daycare. Another theme at the event was anti-LG- BTQ+ hate. Kirk blasted the venue, the Gay- lord Texan Resort, for flying a Pride banner alongside the U.S. and Texas flags. He also claimed to have attempted to take it down but said he’d “failed.” “By the way,” he added, “this hotel better do something or we’re going to find another hotel, because I’m not going to come back.” Girl, bye. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out. ▼ PRIDE ‘CLOSETED SUPPORT’ TEXAS RANGERS ONLY MLB TEAM TO NOT HOST LGBTQ PRIDE EVENT. BY KELLY DEARMORE I n 2001 the Chicago Cubs became the first Major League Baseball team to host a game dedicated to the LGBTQ community. Originally called “Gay Day,” the annual event at storied Wrigley Field has gone by “Out at Wrig- ley” in more recent times. Over the past two decades, almost every other MLB franchise has conducted its own version of a Pride Night promotion, where at least one game out of 81 regular season home games is designated to welcome LGBTQ fans to the park. The only team that will not host a Pride event in 2023: Your Texas Rangers. The Rangers, currently riding high atop the American League West standings with the second-best record in baseball, are not the only pro sports franchise in town to eschew such an event, mind you. The Dallas Cowboys do not carry out any an annual LGBTQ promotion, but the same can be said for almost the entire NFL roster of franchises, for whatever that’s worth. Most Pride-themed games offer a bevy of rainbow-intensive notes. Oftentimes a team will be outfitted with caps or jerseys sporting its logo in a rainbow pattern in- stead of its usual color, for example. Chari- table partnerships are promoted and Pride-themed merchandise is typically available on these nights. Over the course of their seasons, the North Texas pro teams host an array of themed nights celebrating various cultures. Along with the Mavs, Stars and FC Dallas, the Arlington baseball squad hosts a game honoring and celebrating Latin heritage, for the most common example. The Dallas Mavericks of the NBA, the Dallas Stars of the NHL and MLS’ FC Dallas, however, do host annual Pride night events. We asked the Cowboys whether there are plans to produce any such event during the upcoming NFL season, but we did not re- ceive a reply. Of course, pro-sports Pride promotions have been social and political lightning rods for some time now. Several times a year, ath- letes in multiple sports make news for choosing to not wear a warmup jersey, cap or armband specifically designed for the Pride game. Statements involving the play- Joe Raedle/Getty Images Mourners gather at a temporary memorial near the scene of the May 6 mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets mall. Unfair Park from p8
