After the gun attack in a shopping center in the US state of Texas with eight dead, more details about the alleged shooter are known. The 33-year-old man had shared right-wing extremist and misogynistic posts on a Russian social network, several American media reported on Monday. He also published photos of the upper body of a shirtless man with a large swastika tattoo over his heart. CNN reported that investigators believed the profile was authentic. They did not provide any official information on the motive for the crime. According to the media, they are investigating a far-right motivation for the crime.

The man is said to have been dismissed from the military in 2008 after three months due to mental health problems, wrote the Washington Post, among others. He is also said to have shared photos of his weapons and the shopping mall on the net. He had moved out of his family's house a few weeks ago. According to the reports, he lived in a hotel in the area before the crime.

According to US President Joe Biden, the attacker used an AR-15 assault rifle in the attack. This weapon is used particularly frequently in such acts in the United States.

In the bloody deed in a busy shopping center in the city of Allen near Dallas, the alleged shooter had killed eight people on Saturday before he was shot by a police officer. Several people were injured. Among the victims are several children.

According to the non-governmental organization Gun Violence Archive, suicides have been killed by gun violence in the United States since the beginning of this year alone.

Texas is one of the states with the most lax gun laws. Just over a week ago, a man in Texas shot and killed five people in a neighboring house after its residents asked him to stop his evening shooting practice.