“This was a disgusting ideology of hate,” Sheriff T.K. Waters said.
During a news conference on Saturday evening, Sheriff T.K. Waters of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said that two males and a female, all of whom were Black, died as a result of the shooting. The gunman fatally shot himself, the sheriff said.
The sheriff said that the suspected gunman, who has not been identified, was “a maniac who decided he wanted to take lives,” Waters said. He added that the shooter targeted Black people. Waters said the gunman, a white male in his “early 20s,” had an AR-style rifle and a Glock when he entered the Dollar General store in the New Town neighborhood of the city shortly before 2 p.m. EDT. He entered the store wearing a tactical vest and a mask, the sheriff said.The sheriff said the shooter texted his father in nearby Clay County at 1:18 and told him to check his computer. The suspect had sent his parents, the FBI and members of the media a “manifesto.
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