Families and officials are releasing the names of the eight people killed at a Texas mall Saturday by a gunman.
Two young sisters, Daniela Mendoza and Sofia Mendoza, died in the rampage at the Allen Premium Outlets mall, according to a message to families from Superintendent David Vinson of the Wylie Independent School District. Daniela Mendoza was in fourth grade and Sofia Mendoza was in second grade at Cox Elementary in Sachse, Vinson said.
A 3-year-old boy, James Cho, and his parents, Cindy and Kyu, were also killed, John Jun, a co-founder of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Korean American Coalition, confirmed to CBS News. The couple's older son survived the shooting. Christian LaCour was identified as one of the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas.confirmed to CBS Texas"Our community has just been hit, and it hurts," Allen Mayor-elect Baine Brooks said during a vigil Sunday.
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