The shooter, a white man, killed three people after writing messages of hatred for Black people. He killed himself after opening fire in a dollar store.

A white gunman fatally shot three Black people in hate-motivated shooting at a Dollar General retailer in Jacksonville 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------.”

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    1 year ago

    DeSantis called it “a cowardly act” which seems like the weirdest way to talk about a shooting like this.

    Almost as if he’s saying it wasn’t brave enough and that the shooter should have done more.