A mass shooting at this suburb’s community hub — the outlet mall — has punctured the sense of security that drew many to Allen. “That could have been me and my boys,” one local woman said. allentx dfw kprc2 click2hou tx
First: Star Creek, a neighborhood down the street from the Allen Premium Outlets. Last: Allen residents Rey Olivas and his son Rey play basketball in the parking lot of Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
And the Allen Outlet Mall is the place to be on the weekends. “On the weekends, you treat yourself and go on a shopping spree,” said a woman who was attending Monday’s memorial for the shooting victims. A few miles away at the Allen Public Library, Funda Kaynak, 39, watched her 1-year-old daughter, who was pulling books one by one from the shelves and stacking them on the floor.
“If something would have happened …” Kaynak said, as she held her daughter and fought back tears. “This was just unexpected and I feel so, so bad … I am heavy hearted.”
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