Allen Premium Outlets has only one vacant storefront that’s being carved into two for new yet unnamed tenants. A year after eight people were killed at Allen Premium Outlets by a mass shooter, it’s a sign that the city and shoppers have continued to support a shopping destination marked by tragedy.

Music can be an avenue for healing - local musicians have been working on a special piece of music to honor those lives lost a year ago. "I've been commissioned by the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra to compose a new piece of orchestral music for a memorial service in Allen commemorating the lives of those lost in the mass shooting in Allen last year,