Allen, Texas — One minute he was gently reminding kids to buckle up. The next, he was sprinting through gunfire with a rifle, ending a nightmare in under four minutes.
Bodycam footage released from the May 6, 2023, mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets captures the jaw-dropping transformation of Allen Police Officer Dominique Akins. What started as a routine parking-lot interaction exploded into one of the fastest, most effective police responses to an active shooter in recent U.S. history.
In the dramatic video, Akins is casually chatting with a family about seatbelts when rapid gunfire erupts nearby. Without hesitation, he grabs his patrol rifle, radios “shots fired,” and bolts toward the chaos at the busy outdoor mall north of Dallas. Racing over 90 yards, he takes cover, lines up his shot, and fires three rounds—striking shooter Mauricio Martinez Garcia with a fatal head wound that ended the rampage.
The entire active-shooting phase lasted roughly three to four minutes.
Garcia, 33, had already killed eight people and wounded seven others while spraying more than 130 rounds from an AR-15-style rifle. Victims included young children, families shopping together, a mall security guard, and a 27-year-old engineer.