The white gunman who gunned down three black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, before turning the weapon on himself appears to have been inspired by the fifth anniversary of a similar local mass shooting.
Just moments prior to the Saturday afternoon rampage, the gunman, who has been identified as Ryan Christopher Palmeter, 21, texted his father to check his computer, which held “several manifestos” detailing his hatred for black people, police said.
The latest shooting also took place just a day before the 63rd anniversary of Jacksonville’s most infamous racist incident, known as “Ax Handle Saturday.” Ryan Palmeter, 21, killed three Black people before shooting himself at a Dollar General store on Saturday. Picture: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office“This shooting was racially motivated, and he hated Black people,” Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters told reporters Saturday.
Palmeter might have originally planned to shoot students at Edward Waters, but could have been scared off by security officers who told him to leave when he first arrived on campus, Waters noted. The gunman shot and killed a woman in her car in the parking lot. Picture: Jacksonville Sheriffs Office
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