0m ago / 11:15 PM UTC
Shooter left messages detailing his ‘disgusting ideology of hate’, sheriff says
The shooter in today’s racially motivated attack left three messages that detailed, in part, his “disgusting ideology of hate,” the sheriff said.
He authored three of the messages, Waters said, to his parents, the media and federal agents.
At 1:18 p.m., the shooter texted his father and told him to check his computer. The shooter’s parents called the Clay County Sheriff’s Office at 1:53 p.m., but at that point the shooting had already started, Waters said.
22m ago / 10:53 PM UTC
Shooter’s firearms were marked with swastikas
The firearms possessed by the suspected shooter were marked with swastikas, Waters said today.
He confirmed the symbolism on the weapons, and his office displayed images of the guns that included the markings.
The firearms, Waters said, did not belong to the suspect’s parents.
“His parents didn’t want them in their house,” the sheriff said.
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan said she was heartbroken by the attack.
“You see the swastikas on the gun?” she said. “We must do everything that we can to dissuade this type of hate.”
22m ago / 10:53 PM UTC
FBI to investigate shooting as a hate crime
The shooting at a Jacksonville Dollar General today will be investigated as a hate crime, the FBI special agent in charge for the Jacksonville area said.
“We have opened a federal civil rights investigation and we will pursue this crime as a hate crime,” said the bureau’s Sherri Onks during a news conference.
22m ago / 10:53 PM UTC
Shooter killed three at Dollar General before killing himself
Three people — all Black – were killed in the shooting today at a Dollar General, Waters said.
The gunman, a white man in his early 20s, intentionally targeted Black people, the sheriff said.
“This shooting was racially motivated, and he hated Black people,” Waters said at a news conference. “He wanted to kill n——.”
The victims and the gunman have not been publicly identified.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Nbcnews.com
