Four people were killed Saturday in a shooting, one of whom was the gunman, at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, that authorities believe was “racially motivated.”
Four people were killed Saturday in a shooting, one of whom was the gunman, at a store in Jacksonville, Florida, that authorities believe was “racially motivated.”
According to the local sheriff, the Caucasian man who killed the three people and then committed suicide in a mostly black neighborhood “hated black people.” “There are no indications that the shooter is part of any group,” Sheriff TK Waters said at a press conference, quoted by the Associated Press agency.
The man, in his twenties, used a Glock pistol and a semi-automatic shotgun and left writings at the scene that led authorities to believe that the crime was committed because it was the fifth anniversary of another shooting in Jacksonville, at a video game tournament. . ., in which three people were killed, including the shooter.
The shooting on Saturday took place just before 2:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. in Lisbon), in a shop near Edward Waters University, a historically black university.
Source: Observadora
