First Thing: family and friends identify victims of Texas mall shooting

A Korean American family, a security guard and two young sisters are among those killed in Saturday attack near Dallas. Plus, how one man survived being struck by lightning

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The victims of a mass shooting have been named as law enforcement officials in Allen, Texas, are still trying to piece together the events of the Saturday afternoon attack at a suburban shopping mall in which a gunman killed eight people and injured seven others, before being killed himself by police.

What have investigators found out since the attack? Investigators determined 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia shot eight people to death and wounded seven others outside the mall in Allen. A police officer who had gone to the mall on an unrelated call fatally shot the attacker, and a law enforcement official later told the Associated Press that Garcia had expressed an interest in white supremacist beliefs before carrying out the mass murder.

Who were the other victims? Here's what we know so far.

What's Allen like? Thirty years ago, Allen had fewer than 22,000 residents. Today, it's home to nearly 107,000 people, part of a huge economic boom in the region. In towns like Allen, guns are handed down from generation to generation and are as much a part of an individual's identity as any other cultural touchstone.