Man who witnessed Allen outlet mall shooting describes carnage: 'It's just unfathomable'

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/man-witnessed-allen-outlet-mall-shooting/

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"When the multiple shots happened, my heart just dropped," he said. "I was on the phone with 911 and I was telling them we have a mass casualty incident."

Spainhouer said he got there before any first responders and while a handful of people around him recorded videos of the bodies on the ground, he tried to save lives.

"I never imagined in 100 years I would be thrust into the position of being the first first responder on the site to take care of people," he shared. "The first girl I walked up to was crouched down covering her head in the bushes, so I felt for a pulse, pulled her head to the side and she had no face."

Spainhouer said he also found a child, who survived while covered by his protective mother who had been killed.

"When I rolled the mother over, he came out. I asked him if he was OK and he said, 'My mom is hurt, my mom is hurt.' So rather than traumatize him, I pulled him around the corner sat him down and he was covered from head to toe...like somebody poured blood on him."

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[Frasier Balzov]

1. Any minds changed today?

[Mr.Bill]

23. Among republicans?

No.

[YoshidaYui]

24. Make that an Factual fuck no!

Republicans don’t care unless somebody is shooting at them!

[BeerBarrelPolka]

27. Steve

Steve Scalise was shot and he still doesn't care.

[Cha]

34. NRA has what was

left of his brain

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. "she had no face."

That is what a hi-velocity bullet does to a human.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. I can not imagine having to witness this tragedy

[Nevilledog]

4. Just trauma on top of trauma.

As Shannon Watts says:

We are not numb, we're traumatized.

[Beartracks]

15. Traumatized. That's what the aim of terrorism is.

Living under constant threat and fear, not knowing when or where the next attack will come. Is that not tyranny?

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[pandr32]

5. We live in a war zone.

The American dream has been turned into a nightmare we are all stuck in.

[LonePirate]

6. The reporter should have asked him who he voted for last year and who he's voting for next year.

Then he should have been asked why he's voting that way.

I don't need first hand accounts of the carnage. I want self-reflection from them. I want them to realize where the solution is to all of these shootings.

[sheshe2]

7. This jumps out at me.

This jumps out at me and it PISSES ME OFF.

Spainhouer said he got there before any first responders and while a handful of people around him recorded videos of the bodies on the ground, he tried to save lives.

All those people coldly, cruelly recorded and posted videos and did not for a moment consider helping the victims. Spainhouer did.

I can't even.

Call me out if you want, this makes me ill.

[whathehell]

8. It jumped out at me too..

To be "recording", instead of helping in that situation seems cold and sick to me.

[sheshe2]

12. Exactly.

Thank you. I felt gut punched when I read that.

Were they recording for the thrill? Perhaps the money they can make from selling it. This wasn't like recording George Floyd's murder. They were held back by police and they were recording the violence...these people were taking pictures of dead babies, their mommies and dads.

[Maru Kitteh]

14. For some it may have been the only coping mechanism at hand. Remove themselves

from the very real horror of the situation by relegating it to a tiny screen.

I don't know. It's all I can come up with. I guess that's my coping mechanism.

[sheshe2]

17. I don't know either, Maru.

Perhaps you are right, yet it doesn't seem right to me. I just don't know.

[chowder66]

9. That stood out to me too.

[sheshe2]

13. I posted just above to whatthehell.

It makes me cry.

[7wo7rees]

11. His son worked at the H&M and had called him as it started.

Spainhouer called 911 and got in vehicle, raced to site, got there before any other 1st responders. I believe police officer on site had already "neutralized" shooter.

This could have been so much worse had that officer not happened to be there, by chance, on another call.

Every incident is horrific. This one touched to very, very close to home. I've shopped there with my mom. Too many people I know shop there. I don't believe it will ever be the same. We truly are not safe to go anywhere, anytime of the day or night.

[dianaredwing]

18. If this were a vehicular accident

Isn't an individual obligated by law to help if possible or is that only if one is involved in the accident? I seem to recall from a long time ago (age isn't all that great for remembering details) that if you are part of a chain accident (could a mass shooting qualify) that you were not to leave the scene but to render aid if possible. I am probably delusional.

[malaise]

26. THIS n/t

[Jarqui]

10. I have no words ... ...nt

[AllyCat]

16. Phucking gun nuts support this insanity so THEY can have what

They want. Just in case THEY need to do a shooting some day.

[Skittles]

21. they are cowards

absolute fucking cowards

[wnylib]

25. They feel invulnerable because they have guns.

They are convinced that if they are at the scene of a mass shooting they will be able to defend themselves and take out the shooter.

It does not occur to them that they might be the first or second one shot, caught by surprise without warning, before they even have time to see where the shots are coming from or who the shooter is.

I agree with posts that say that this is domestic terrorism and that's the reason why R legislators are happy to have guns available to anyone, any time, any where. When people feel terrified, they are more willing to accept authoritarian leadership.

[AllyCat]

31. This sounds right. They want fear because

It’s what they can use.

[Captain Zero]

19. this is how the founders intended the 2nd Amendment?

To function in our daily lives?

I call bullshit. This is not freedom, it's tyranny.

[Skittles]

20. "I never imagined in 100 years"

WTF, no one should be thinking like that anymore, this kind of shit can happen ANYWHERE to ANYONE

[Old Crank]

22. Abbott

Heck of a job Rollerboi and your ratpuke cronies.

[tanyev]

28. Next he'll need to deal with everything the rightwing conspiracy and lie machine will throw at him.

[honest.abe]

29. Steven Spainhouer

https://www.facebook.com/CollinCountyTXDemocratStevenSpainhouer

[johnp3907]

32. Of course the nutjobs are already attacking him.

[Emile]

30. OMG, this eye witness account from a first responder

is heart breaking.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

33. This man was on the Sunday Show with Jonathon Capehart

Here is a link that does not discuss the state of the victims when this first responder arrived

Link to tweet