Three first responders reflect on the Allen mall shooting

Also, big games for Stars and Mavericks, United Methodists discuss changes, a look at the Preston Center redo [EVENING ROUNDUP]( Sponsored by: Content and story selection are solely editorial's decision. Hello, North Texas! If you think you had an eventful week, United Methodists in North Texas can relate. Many of their accepted practices were altered by votes in their General Conference in Charlotte, N.C. [We asked some of the faithful]( how they feel about the changes. We hope you have a wonderful weekend and that the Stars and Mavericks win tonight and advance to the next round of the playoffs. Look for more news Sunday morning in your inbox. — Todd Davis, Senior Audience Journalist   [Two first responders who helped citizens in the Allen mall shooting talk with The Dallas Morning News]( Allen Police Department Lt. Kris Wirstrom (left) and Allen Fire Department Division Chief Daniel Williams discuss the 2023 mass shooting at the Allen Premium Outlets. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) [Their training changed the course of the Allen mall shooting. Then the attack changed them]( Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd was only minutes into a funeral service at the McKinney ISD football stadium when a text from his wife lit up his phone. She heard there was [a shooting at Allen Premium Outlets](. Was it real? Boyd was surrounded by first responders who had come together the afternoon of May 6 to pay respects to one of their own: Capt. James “Bull” Graham of the McKinney Fire Department, who was killed in an off-duty crash three days before. As Boyd stood to leave, he watched as messages, calls and worried whispers spurred others to follow. It pained them to walk away, Boyd said, but Graham’s family understood. The job waits for no one. 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