A white gunman killed three Black people in what the sheriff called a hate-motivated shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday.
Authorities have not yet identified the victims or the shooter, but community members were already planning memorials and vigils Sunday.
Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters described the gunman as a"maniac" who wanted to kill Black people. He left messages for his parents, the media and federal law enforcement officials detailing his racial hatred.The FBI has opened a federal civil rights investigation and is investigating the shooting as a hate crime.
The fatal shootings in Jacksonville, carried out by a white man in his early 20s who authorities say “hated Black people,” follows deadly hate-motivated shootings at public gathering places, including
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