The mass shooter in Texas was a white supremacist Hispanic who vowed to «fight hate with more hate.»

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a shooting at Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas. Photo: Stuart F. House/Getty Images

Texas gunman who killed eight people in a mall before being killed by police, identified as Hispanic and white supremacist, sworn to «fight hate with more hate.»< /p>

Mauricio Garcia, 33, injured at least seven people when he opened fire with a machine gun in a busy mall in Allen, a suburb north of Dallas.

An internet diary on the Russian social network OK.RU, officials associated with the shooter include photos of large Nazi tattoos and cryptic warnings of his impending attack.

Garcia appears to have gotten the tattoos last month — a large swastika on chest and the logo of the Nazi Party's Waffen SS paramilitary organization.

He expressed his hatred of women, Jews and «diversity», rarely commenting on his Hispanic ethnicity.

He posted photos of his weapons, body armor, skull patches, and the initials of the «Right Death Squad», popular among far-right militias.

He also posted images of contemporary neo-Nazi groups, which he apparently took from the Internet, writing the following: im "my type of person".

The existence of the account was first detailed by New York Times investigators and later identified by open source intelligence website Bellingcat. According to Bellingcat, the shooter described himself online as a Hispanic who «would try to take a chance with white supremacists.»

The OK.RU account has the username «PsycoVision.» 5″. Its logo is a smiley face with a Hitler-style mustache. According to Bellingcat researcher Arik Toler, the account did not list any friends or groups, suggesting that Garcia used it as a personal diary.

Toler said Garcia's page contained numerous personal photos, photographs of identification documents, a traffic ticket and other personal items. The gunman was shot and killed by a police officer shortly after attacking Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday.

Police response to shooting in Allen, Texas . Photo: ABC AFFILIATE WFAA/Reuters

His victims were three members of a Korean-American family, parents Cindy and Kyu Cho and their three-year-old son James; two young sisters, Daniela Mendoza, aged 11, and Sophia Mendoza, aged eight; Aishwarya Tatikonda, 26, Indian-born engineer; Christian Lacourt, 20, mall security guard; and Hélio Cumana-Rivas, 32.

Garcia's Hispanic heritage has raised questions from some Internet commentators about his support for Nazi white supremacy.

But Cynthia Miller-Idriss, professor at American University , a student of extremism, said it is not strange that a person who is not considered white in some communities has joined white supremacist (WSE) extremism.

"The very category of whiteness is constantly is changing, and the WSE neo-Nazi movements are not just about race," she tweeted.

Some ethnic minorities may self-identify or consider themselves white, she wrote.

"Some are attracted to the other side of racist beliefs — misogyny. , Christian Supremacy," She said.