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title: 1 year later: Remembering the Allen mall mass shooting victims
description: May 6 marks one year since a gunman killed eight people – including three children – outside Allen Premium Outlets in Texas.
image: https://www.meritstreetmedia.com/hubfs/iStock-1195688669.jpg
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# 1 year later: Remembering the Allen mall mass shooting victims

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Allen, Texas — May 6 marks one year since a gunman killed eight people – including three children – outside Allen Premium Outlets in Texas.

The city is hosting a [memorial](https://link.axios.com/click/35277186.87925/aHR0cHM6Ly9jdXR4ZXZlbnRjZW50ZXIuY29tL0NpdmljQWxlcnRzLmFzcHg_QUlEPTEzMTcmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3Nsb2NhbF9kYWxsYXMmc3RyZWFtPXRvcA/65ef6489471b888fd004ad33B45eb187f) at 6:30 p.m. at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center. The program will include performances from the Allen High School choir and The Allen Philharmonic Orchestra & Symphony Chorus, along with a time of interfaith reflection.

The work “In Lumine,” was specially commissioned by the community orchestra as a tribute to the victims: Cindy, Kyu and James Cho, sisters Daniela and Sofia Mendoza, Aishwarya Thatikonda , Christian LaCour and Elio Cumana-Rivas.

Cox Elementary School in Sachse will also hold a remembrance event at 11:30 p.m. to honor the Mendoza sisters, who attended the school. A butterfly release is scheduled and a crew will break ground on a new memorial garden area honoring the sisters. Students and staff were encouraged to wear yellow, the girls’ favorite color.

A citywide moment of silence begins at 3:36 p.m., the exact time the first gunshots rang out, according to law enforcement officials.

 

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