JACKSONVILLE, Florida: A gunman driven by racial hate shot and killed three Black people in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday (Aug 26) before fatally turning the gun on himself, authorities said. The shooter, a white male in his early 20s, was outfitted with a tactical vest and armed with an AR-style
JACKSONVILLE, Florida: A gunman driven by racial hate shot and killed three Black people in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday before fatally turning the gun on himself, authorities said.
Manifestos discovered by the gunman's family shortly before the attack"detail the shooter's disgusting ideology of hate", Waters told a news conference. The Associated Press reported that the shooter left behind writing that led investigators to believe that he committed the shooting because it was the fifth anniversary of when another gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in Jacksonville, killing two people before fatally shooting himself.
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