Florida shooter had Nazi symbols on gun, posted manifestos on racial hatred: Cops

A gunman, who killed three folks at a retailer in Florida’s Jacksonville, had a gun with Nazi symbols and authored a manifesto that stated he hated “Black people”, police stated on Saturday (native time), describing the incident as a “racially motivated” assault.

The victims — two males and a lady — all Black, had been shot useless by the shooter, a white man who was in his 20s, earlier than turning the gun on himself, New York Post reported.

The shooter, who was unidentified, was seen lurking round an area Black faculty earlier than the taking pictures. He additionally posted a number of manifestos on-line for the media, his dad and mom and legislation enforcement detailing his hatred for the Black folks.

Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters advised a press convention that the gunman was sporting a tactical vest and he had acted alone.

Waters described his weapons as a Glock and an “AR-15 style” rifle, with swastikas on it, referring to a light-weight semi-automatic lengthy gun typically utilized in mass shootings.

“The hate that motivated the shooter’s killing spree adds an additional layer of heartbreak,” Waters was quoted by Reuters as saying.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, spoke to the sheriff over the cellphone. He known as the gunman a “scumbag” and denounced his racist motivation behind the assault, New York Post reported.

“He was targeting people based on their race. That is totally unacceptable. This guy killed himself rather than face the music and accept responsibility for his actions. He took the coward’s way out. We condemn what happened in the strongest possible terms,” stated DeSantis, who was in Iowa campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has initiated a federal probe into the assault, which they had been treating as a case of hate crime.

City Council member Ju’Coby Pittman and the police confirmed that the shooter was useless.

Saturday’s taking pictures in Jacksonville got here after 5 years when a gunman killed two folks and wounded 11 others at a online game event within the metropolis earlier than he shot himself useless.

Edited By:

Prateek Chakraborty

Published On:

Aug 27, 2023