WASHINGTON – Gicela Aleman thought she was making just another unremarkable shopping trip to buy her 7-year-old daughter a pair of tennis shoes for an upcoming cheerleading event.
But as she drove into the parking lot of Allen Premium Outlets on May 6, she entered the horrific aftermath of a mass shooting, shortly after a police officer fatally shot the gunman who killed eight people and wounded at least seven others.
“Everything was so confusing,” she said in an interview with The Dallas Morning News. “It was crazy, a lot of people helping, a lot of people running.”