{"id":2013389,"date":"2023-08-27T07:31:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T11:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racially-motivated-shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-3-people-and-shooter-dead-sheriff\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T07:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T11:33:00","slug":"racially-motivated-shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-3-people-and-shooter-dead-sheriff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racially-motivated-shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-3-people-and-shooter-dead-sheriff\/","title":{"rendered":"3 dead in racially-motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida: Sheriff"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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-shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-3-people-and-shooter-dead-sheriff%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=2013389&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 have tragically \u2063died after being shot in a \u201cracially-motivated\u201d attack by a \u206320-year-old\u200b white male in a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, local officials have\u2062 said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect opened fire on Saturday afternoon just before 2 p.m., \u2064killing two black men and one black woman. He eventually opened fire on himself, taking his own life.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that\u200b the suspect was\u2064 known to authorities \u2062and had been living \u2064with his parents\u200c at their home in 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 Seeking Money\u2063 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 Root Cause of Mental Illness:\u2063 Harvard 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 County Sheriff Michelle Cook had called the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office \u200dat 11:39 a.m. before the shooting \u2064to tell Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters that the suspect was leaving home and was headed for Jacksonville by car.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was already on the radar of authorities due to\u2063 a\u2064 domestic call\u200d his parents made\u2064 to the \u200bpolice in \u20642016, during which he was\u2062 not arrested. The following year, the suspect was subjected to Florida\u2019s Baker Act,\u2062 under which family and loved ones can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/racially-motivated-shooting-in-jacksonville-florida-leaves-3-people-and-shooter-dead-sheriff\/\" title=\"3 dead in racially-motivated shooting in Jacksonville, Florida: Sheriff\">seek\u2063 emergency mental health services<\/a> and temporary detention for individuals impaired due to\u200d mental illness.<\/p>\n<h2>Three\u2064 Manifestos<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Jacksonville Sheriff \u200bT.K. Waters addresses the media about the gunman in Jacksonville, Fla., on Aug. 26, 2023. (AFP\u200c via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Shortly before the shooting, the suspect was seen by security guards\u200b at Edward Waters University, a <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.\">small historically black university<\/a>, \u200dwith\u2064 a Glock handgun putting on a\u200d bullet-proof vest and mask, Sheriff Waters 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 guards tried to catch \u2062him \u2062but he got away, prompting campus officials to\u200b issue an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ewctigers\/status\/1695531031539941501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alert<\/a> to students to\u200c remain in their dorms. No students or faculty \u200dare believed to be involved in the shooting, the\u200c college said after news of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>At 1:53 p.m., the suspect\u2019s parents called the Clay County sheriff\u2019s \u200coffice after the \u200dfather received a \u2063text message from the suspect\u00a0at\u200b 1:18 p.m. to check his computer. The father\u200b told the sheriff\u2019s\u200c office they had found a manifesto in their home, which prompted an all-out\u200c police and\u2062 SWAT response.<\/p>\n<p>But it was too late. By \u2063the time they arrived, the \u206420-year-old had already started shooting at the\u200b store about three-quarters of \u2062a mile\u200d from the school campus.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect had broadcast three manifestos before opening\u200c fire: one to his parents, one \u2064to\u2064 <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>, and one to the \u2062media.<\/p>\n<p>In a press \u200cconference, Sheriff\u2062 Waters\u2062 said it was clear from the manifestos that the shooter had been \u201cracially-motivated\u201d 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 \u2026 He wanted to kill [expletive].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to be very clear that there is absolutely no evidence that the\u2062 shooter is part of any large group,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cWe know that he acted completely alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a dark day in Jacksonville\u2019s history. \u2063There is no place for hate in\u2063 this community,&#8221; he added. \u201cI am sickened by this cowardly shooter&#8217;s personal ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064sheriff said that an investigation has been launched and the shooter&#8217;s home\u200c was \u2062being searched.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Homicide detectives are actively investigating this tragedy, and despite the fact \u2064that the shooter is dead, they \u200bwill continue to investigate this until\u2063 we\u2062 have \u2063a complete understanding\u200b of what happened and even why he did it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Manifesto Notes\u00a0Prior Shooting on Same Day<\/h2>\n<p>Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan also told \u200dthe press conference that the shooter had noted \u2063in his manifesto a shooting\u200c at a <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 \u200dofficials say may have influenced\u2064 or inspired his attack plans.<\/p>\n<p>That shooting\u2063 was carried\u2062 out on\u2064 the same day\u2014Aug. 26\u2014around the same time\u2014at 1:34 p.m.\u2014five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>That shooter,\u2062 24-year-old \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/tag\/david-katz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Katz<\/a>, \u2064killed two people and injured 10 others after he lost a Madden NFL 19 game at the\u00a0video game tournament in Jacksonville Landing. He also then took his own life at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said at the time that they believed one\u2062 of\u200c the victims was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/surviving-victim-hints-at-jacksonville-shooters-motives-2635534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">intentionally \u200ctargeted<\/a>. Mr. Katz had a history of mental illness for which he had\u200d been taking\u200d medication, according\u2064 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 Investigating\u2062 Hate Crime<\/h2>\n<p>FBI special\u200d agent in charge of \u2064the agency\u2019s local office, \u200dSherri Onks, said the\u2064 FBI \u2062was opening a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-announces-investigation-into-andrew-brown-jr-shooting\/\" title=\"FBI Announces Investigation Into Andrew Brown Jr. Shooting\">federal civil rights investigation<\/a> to investigate the attack as a hate \u2063crime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHate crimes are always and \u2063will always \u200bremain a top priority for the FBI because \u200dthey are\u2063 not only an attack on a victim, they\u2019re also meant to \u2063threaten and intimidate an entire community,\u201d she \u2064said.<\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Waters added at the press conference that in addition to the \u200bGlock handgun, the suspect had been armed with\u2063 an AR-15 that had Nazi (National Socialist German Workers&#8217; Party) swastikas painted on it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A press \u200cconference screen displays\u2062 a handgun found on the scene of \u2062a shooting in Jacksonville, Fla., on Aug, 26, 2023, in a still from video. (AFP via \u200cGetty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ms. Deegan said she was\u200c heartbroken.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a \u2062community that\u200b has suffered again and again.\u2064 So many times this is where \u2064we \u200cend up. And there were so many people out today obviously grieving, upset. It&#8217;s just something that should not and must not happen again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>own life. 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