{"id":2013329,"date":"2023-08-27T03:27:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T07:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racially-motivated-jacksonville-shooter-20-was-being-monitored-broadcast-3-manifestos-police\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T03:30:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T07:30:14","slug":"racially-motivated-jacksonville-shooter-20-was-being-monitored-broadcast-3-manifestos-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racially-motivated-jacksonville-shooter-20-was-being-monitored-broadcast-3-manifestos-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Police say the 20-year-old Jacksonville shooter, who was racially motivated, was under surveillance and broadcasted three manifestos."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fracially-motivated-jacksonville-shooter-20-was-being-monitored-broadcast-3-manifestos-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<p>Three people \u2064have tragically died after\u200b being shot in\u2064 a \u200c\u201cracially-motivated\u201d attack by a 20-year-old white male in a Dollar\u200c General store \u2062in Jacksonville,\u2064 Florida, local\u200d officials have said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect opened \u2062fire on Saturday afternoon just before 2 p.m., killing\u2063 two \u200cblack\u2063 men\u2063 and one black woman. \u2062He eventually opened fire on himself, taking his own life.<\/p>\n<p>Officials \u200bsaid that the suspect was known\u2064 to authorities and\u2063 had been living with his parents at their home in\u200b Clay County.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/madden-tournament-shooting-killed-gamers-seeking-money-for-college-family-2634751\">Madden Tournament Shooting Killed Gamers \u2064Seeking Money\u200c for College, Family<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/28\/2018<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/madden-tournament-shooting-killed-gamers-seeking-money-for-college-family-2634751\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n            <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/a-root-cause-of-mental-illness-harvard-professor-5357396\">A\u2063 Root Cause of Mental\u2062 Illness: \u2062Harvard Professor<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">7\/2\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/a-root-cause-of-mental-illness-harvard-professor-5357396\"><\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Clay \u200cCounty Sheriff \u200bMichelle Cook had called the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office at 11:39 \u200ca.m. before the shooting to tell Jacksonville Sheriff \u200dT.K. Waters that the suspect was leaving home \u2062and was headed \u2062for Jacksonville\u200d by car.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was \u200calready on the radar of authorities\u200d due to \u200ca domestic \u2064call his parents made to the police in 2016, during which he was not arrested. The following year, the suspect was subjected to Florida\u2019s \u200cBaker Act, under\u200d which \u200dfamily \u200band\u2063 loved ones can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racially-motivated-jacksonville-shooter-20-was-being-monitored-broadcast-3-manifestos-police\/\" title=\"Police say the 20-year-old Jacksonville shooter, who was racially motivated, was under surveillance and broadcasted three manifestos.\">seek emergency mental health services<\/a> and \u2063temporary \u200ddetention for\u200c individuals impaired due to mental illness.<\/p>\n<h2>Three \u200bManifestos<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Jacksonville \u2064Sheriff T.K. Waters addresses the \u2062media about the gunman in \u2062Jacksonville, Fla., on Aug. 26, 2023. A white\u2062 man driven by racial hatred \u200cshot dead three Black people \u200cin a Florida discount store before \u200dtaking his own\u200b life\u2062 after \u200ca standoff \u200dwith police, authorities said. \u2063(AFP via\u200d Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shortly \u200bbefore the shooting, the suspect was seen\u2062 by security\u2064 guards at \u2064Edward Waters\u2063 University, a small historically black university, with a Glock handgun putting\u200d on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lady-gaga-reveals-wearing-a-bulletproof-dress-at-bidens-inauguration-it-was-a-scary-time-in-this-country\/\" title=\"Lady Gaga Reveals Wearing a Bulletproof Dress at Biden's Inauguration: \u2018It Was a Scary Time in This Country\u2019\">bullet-proof vest<\/a> \u200band mask, Mr. Waters\u200b said at a press conference on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u200c guards tried\u2064 to catch him but\u2062 he got away, prompting campus officials to issue an\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewctigers\/status\/1695531031539941501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alert<\/a> to students to remain in their dorms.\u2064 No students or faculty are believed to be involved in the shooting, \u2063the college said after news of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>At\u200d 1:53 p.m., the suspect\u2019s parents called the Clay County sheriff\u2019s\u200b office after the\u200c father received a\u200c text message from the\u2063 suspect\u00a0at 1:18 p.m. to check his computer. The father told \u200bthe sheriff\u2019s office they had found a manifesto\u2062 in their home, which\u200d prompted\u200d an\u2063 all-out police and SWAT response.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2064 was\u200d too late. \u2064By the time they arrived, the 20-year-old had \u2064already started shooting \u200dat\u2063 the store about three-quarters of a mile\u200b from \u200cthe\u200b school campus.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect\u200b had broadcast three manifestos\u2063 before opening fire: one to his\u2063 parents, one to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-mayor-congress-must-open-a-probe-into-security-failures-at-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"D.C. Mayor: Congress must open a probe into security failures at U.S. Capitol\">federal law enforcement<\/a>,\u200d and \u2064one to the media.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u2062press \u2062conference, Mr.\u2063 Waters said it was clear from \u2064the \u2062manifestos that the shooter had been \u201cracially-motivated\u201d\u200c in his actions.<\/p>\n<p>Portions of these manifestos detail the shooter\u2019s disgusting ideology of hate,\u201d the\u00a0Jacksonville sheriff said. \u201cHe hated black people\u2064 \u2026 He wanted\u2062 to kill [expletive].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be very clear that there is absolutely no evidence that the shooter is part of any large group,\u201d he \u2062emphasized. \u201cWe know that\u200c he acted completely alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is\u2063 a dark day \u200cin\u2062 Jacksonville\u2019s history. There is no \u2063place for \u2063hate in this community,&#8221; he\u200d added. \u201cI am sickened by this cowardly shooter&#8217;s personal\u2062 ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff said \u200dthat an investigation has been launched and the shooter&#8217;s home was being \u200bsearched.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Homicide detectives \u2063are\u2062 actively investigating this tragedy, and despite\u2062 the\u200b fact that \u2063the shooter is dead, they will \u200bcontinue to investigate this until we have a\u2062 complete understanding of what happened and even why \u2062he did it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Manifesto Notes\u00a0Prior\u200d Shooting on Same Day<\/h2>\n<p>Jacksonville\u200d Mayor Donna Deegan\u200c also told\u2063 the \u200dpress conference that the\u200c shooter had noted in his manifesto \u2064a\u2063 shooting at a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-multiple-people-and-the-shooter-dead-officials-say\/\" title=\"Multiple fatalities reported in shooting incident in Jacksonville, Florida.\">video game tournament<\/a> in 2018, which officials say may have influenced \u2064or \u2062inspired his\u200c attack\u200b plans.<\/p>\n<p>That shooting was carried out on the same day\u2014Aug. 26\u2014around the same time\u2014at 1:34 p.m.\u2014five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>That shooter, 24-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tag\/david-katz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David \u200cKatz<\/a>, killed two\u2062 people and injured 10 others after he lost a Madden NFL 19 \u200cgame at\u200c the\u00a0video\u2063 game tournament in Jacksonville Landing. He also then took his own life at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said at the time that they\u2064 believed one of the victims was \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/surviving-victim-hints-at-jacksonville-shooters-motives-2635534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intentionally targeted<\/a>. Katz had a history of mental illness for \u2062which he had been taking medication, \u2064according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/florida-shooting-david-katz-baltimore-twitch-shooter-mental-illness-gun-laws-a8510311.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jacksonville.com\/news\/20180827\/family-of-jacksonville-landing-shooting-victim-says-void-will-never-be-filled\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>FBI \u200bInvestigating Hate Crime<\/h2>\n<p>FBI special agent\u2064 in charge of the agency\u2019s\u2064 local office, Sherri Onks, said the FBI was opening a \u2062federal civil rights\u2064 investigation to investigate the\u2063 attack as a hate crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHate crimes are always\u200d and will always \u200cremain\u2063 a top priority for the FBI because\u200c they are \u2064not only an\u200d attack on a victim, they\u2019re also \u200bmeant to\u2063 threaten and intimidate an\u200d entire community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Waters added at the press conference that in addition to the Glock handgun, the suspect had been\u2063 armed \u2062with an \u200cAR-15 that had Nazi (National \u2063Socialist German\u2063 Workers&#8217; Party) swastikas\u2062 painted on it.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>This video grab shows a\u2064 press conference screen displaying\u200b a handgun found on the scene of a shooting in Jacksonville, \u2064Fla., on Aug, 26, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ms. Deegan\u200d said she was heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a community that\u2062 has suffered\u200d again and again.\u2063 So many times this\u200b is \u200bwhere we end up. And there were so many people ou<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>own life. 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