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3 killed in Jacksonville Dollar General shooting that targeted Black people
3 killed in Jacksonville Dollar General shooting that targeted Black peopleA white gunman fatally shot three Black people in hate-motivated shooting at a Dollar General retailer in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday afternoon, Sheriff T.K. Waters said.
This shooting was racially motivated, and he hated Black people, the sheriff said at a news conference. He wanted to kill n------.
The shooter, who wore a tactical vest and was armed with an AR-style rifle and Glock handgun, had left messages for his parents, the media, and federal law enforcement officials detailing racial hatred, Waters said. The firearms were marked in white pen with swastikas.
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3 killed in Jacksonville Dollar General shooting that targeted Black people (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
Aug 2023
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sinkingfeeling
(53,418 posts)1. His parents shouldn't have wanted him in their house.
SarcasticSatyr
(1,298 posts)2. The fact that the parents "didn't want the guns in their house" ....
indicates that they knew the guns existed ... and that their kid had serious mental issues, he was apparently "baker-acted" in the past. The knew all this!
electric_blue68
(19,177 posts)3. Oh, woah ... Bad enough but I missed This detail till now! 🤬
What that monster "helped" to wrought! 😑😥