Texas shooting victims include Korean-American family, engineer from India
- At least four of the eight people killed at a Dallas-area shopping centre over the weekend were of Asian descent
- US federal officials are looking into the Texas gunman’s suspected interest in white supremacist ideology
The victims represent a multicultural cross-section of the metropolitan area’s increasingly diverse suburbs.
Cox Elementary School students Daniela and Sofia Mendoza, grades four and two, were among those slain Saturday at Allen Premium Outlets, according to officials in the Wylie Independent School District.
They were remembered as “the kindest, most thoughtful students with smiles that could light up any room,” Principal Krista Wilson said in a letter to parents.
Also killed at the outdoor shopping centre were three members of a Korean-American family: a couple and one of their sons, who was three. Another son was wounded and was still hospitalised, said Myoung-Joon Kim, head of mission at the Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Dallas.
The parents were identified by the Texas Department of Public Safety as Kyu Song Cho, 37, and Cindy Cho, 35.
