A gunman walked into a Dollar General and shot three people dead before killing himself in Jacksonville, Florida last week.
The shooting took place in New Town, a predominately black neighborhood in Jacksonville. It is near Edward Waters College, which is an historically black school.
Race was a factor in the killings, authorities said. The Associated Press reports that the shooter’s weapon had a swastika on it. CNN reports that the shooter left writings to his parents detailing his “disgusting ideology of hate.”
“Plainly put, this shooting was racially motivated, and he hated Black people,” sheriff T.