Security guard and Indian engineer among Texas dead

A young information defender and an technologist from India were among the victims of Saturday's deadly shooting astatine a buying promenade adjacent Dallas, Texas.

Eight people, including children, were killed successful the attack, which besides near 7 wounded.

The 33-year-old perpetrator was changeable and killed by a constabulary serviceman who was adjacent responding to an unrelated call.

Police are present investigating whether the attacker was motivated by right-wing extremist ideology.

While accusation astir the victims is inactive trickling retired successful the aftermath of the shooting, 2 of the dormant person truthful acold been identified.

Here's what we cognize truthful far.

One of the victims of the onslaught was Christian LaCour, a 20-year-old information guard.

His sister, Brianna Smith, told ABC News that helium was on-duty astatine the promenade successful Allen, Texas erstwhile the shooting took place.

"He was a truly saccharine kid," Ms Smith told ABC. "I'm bittersweet he's gone."

On Facebook, Mr LaCour's grandmother, Sandra Montgomery, described him arsenic a "beautiful soul" with "goals for his future".

"Please commune for my family," she wrote. "They are precise adjacent and I cognize this is astir unbearable."

Local quality outlet WFAA has confirmed that 1 of the different victims was Aishwarya Thatikonda, an Indian technologist who lived successful the Dallas suburb of McKinney. It is unclear however aged she was.

According to a household representative, Ms Thatikonda was astatine the Allen promenade with a person erstwhile the shooting took place. Her person was wounded successful the shooting.

Her household is present readying to repatriate her remains to India.

Ms Thatikonda's LinkedIn illustration shows that she graduated with an undergraduate grade successful civilian engineering successful India successful 2018, earlier receiving a Master's grade successful operation absorption from Eastern Michigan University successful the US successful 2020.

For the past 2 years, she was moving for a Dallas-based contracting firm.