Hero cop made frantic call for backup before taking down Texas mall gunman
May 7, 2023
The police officer who took down the Allen, Texas mall gunman made a panicked call for backup — pleading for “everybody” — moments before he encountered the suspect and shot him dead.
As he rushed to the H&M store at the Allen Premium Outlets Saturday, the hero cop tried his best to relay the chaos outside the mall where a man in his 30s opened fire, killing eight people and injuring seven others, including children, audio of the call to the Allen Police Department reveals.
With dozens of gunshots ringing out, the officer urged his fellow cops to get to the scene as fast as they could to help him take down the gunman, who was armed with an AR-15-style rifle.
“I’ve got people running. There’s still shooting,” the officer said during the call. “I need everybody I got.”
About two minutes after urging for backup to arrive, the officer was successfully able to take down the shooter, telling his colleagues: “I got him down,” according to the audio obtained by the Daily Mail.
The officer, who has not been publicly identified, was initially at the mall for an unrelated call, Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey told reporters.
“He heard gunshots, went to the gunshots, engaged the suspect, and neutralized the suspect,” Harvey said.
Allen Police officers rushed to the Allen Premium Outlets to confront Saturday’s gunman. 
Shoppers ran out as officers closed off the outlet mall. 
Officials kept spectators out of the area as an officer confronted and shot dead the gunman.
Law enforcement, including FBI agents, raided the suspect’s home following the Saturday afternoon bloodbath. The shooter had yet to be named Sunday.
Six of those killed were found dead at the scene. Nine other victims were hospitalized, two of whom later died from their wounds, Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said.
Officials said the wounded ranged in age from 5 to 61.
Shoppers being led away by the Allen Police Department. 
Officers arrived at the scene after a frantic call from backup from the first cop at the scene. 
A line of shoppers waiting for instruction from police at the Allen outlet mall.
Shocking footage from a dashcam in the mall’s parking lot showed a person dressed in black tactical gear exit his silver sedan and open fire on the shoppers.
The video goes on for 30 seconds, showing the shooter firing round after round into the crowd as people stampede out of the parking lot with security and officers guiding their way.
The gunman lived with his parents in Dallas, according to WFAA-TV. Police believe he acted alone.
Allen Police Chief Brian Harvey confirmed that one of his officers took down the gunman.
Allen Mayor Ken Fulk said the “senseless act of violence” was a complete shock to such a “proud and safe city.”
The massacre marks the 191th of its kind so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which documents mass shooting as an event where four or more people are shot.
It comes barely a week after five people were killed in Cleveland, Texas after a neighbor asked a man to stop shooting his rifle outside because a baby was trying to sleep.
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