Gunman kills three, himself in racially motivated shooting, Jacksonville sheriff says

Sheriff provides the first details of racist Jacksonville shooting

The sheriff identified those shot in Saturday’s attack at a Dollar General.

Sheriff provides the first details of how a white man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store

By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON (Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The white man who fatally shot three Black people in a racist attack at a Florida store shot one of his victims as she sat in her car, chased another through the store and shot the third as he entered, Jacksonville’s sheriff said Sunday. Shooter Ryan Palmeter, 21, legally purchased his guns in recent months even though he had been involuntarily committed for a mental h…

Sheriff provides the first details of how a white man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The white man who fatally shot three Black people in a racist attack at a Florida store shot one of his victims as she sat in her car, chased another through the store and shot the third as he entered, Jacksonville’s sheriff said Sunday. Shooter Ryan Palmeter, 21, legally purchased his guns in recent months even though he had been involuntarily committed for a mental health examination in 2017, Sheriff T.K. Waters said.…

BREAKING: Gunman who shot three people at Jacksonville, FL. Dollar General Store (and himself) identified

Jacksonville gunman was turned away from historically Black university before killing 3 in racist shooting at nearby store, authorities say

(CNN) — The gunman who killed three people Saturday at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, in what authorities said was a racist attack against Black people had earlier been turned away from the campus of a nearby historically Black university. The shooter, described by police as a White man in his early 20s, first went to the campus of Edward Waters University, where he refused to identify himself to an on-campus security officer a…

Pastor urges sadness, not rage, after white shooter kills 3 Black people in Florida

By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON (Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The pastor of a church near the site of the racist fatal shooting of three Black people in Florida told congregants Sunday to follow Jesus Christ’s example and keep their sadness from turning to rage. Jacksonville’s mayor wept. Others at the service focused on Florida’s political rhetoric and said it has fueled such racist attacks. The shooting traumatized an historica…