Gunman kills three, himself in racially motivated shooting in Florida

Florida, 27/8: A man armed with a high-powered rifle and handgun killed three people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, before shooting himself, in what local law enforcement described as a racially motivated crime.

“He hated Black people,” Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters told a press conference. The suspect, whom Waters described as a white male, was not identified. Waters said all three victims – two men and a woman – were Black.

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