Jacksonville shooter, 21, who killed three 'wrote racist manifestos'

A antheral who changeable dormant 3 radical successful a racially motivated onslaught successful Florida wrote of his hatred of Black people, constabulary person said.

Twenty-one twelvemonth aged Ryan Christopher Palmeter fired eleven rounds astatine 1 pistillate sitting successful her car successful Jacksonville, earlier entering a store and shooting different 2 people.

Sheriff T K Waters said helium past turned the weapon connected himself.

Mayor Donna Deegan said it was a "hate-filled crime" driven by racist hatred.

At a quality league connected Sunday, Mr Waters confirmed Palmeter had nary erstwhile transgression past and lived with his parents successful Clay County.

Palmeter had authored respective manifestos, for his parents, the media and national agents, detailing his hatred of Black people, constabulary said.

Mr Waters said those manifestos "detailed the shooters disgusting ideology of hate".

"Finely put: this shooting was racially motivated and helium hated achromatic people."

"The manifesto is, rather frankly... the diary of a madman", helium said. "He knew what helium was doing. He was 100% lucid. He knew what helium was doing and again, it's disappointing that anyone would spell to these lengths to wounded idiosyncratic else".

Mr Waters said Palmeter had been concisely detained for 72 hours successful 2017 nether the Baker Act, intelligence wellness authorities that allows the involuntary detainment of an idiosyncratic for treatment.

But the sheriff said his weapons had been acquired legally, telling reporters the occupation was not with the availability of guns, but with the slayer being "a atrocious guy".

He urged radical not to "look for consciousness successful a senseless enactment of violence".

Jacksonville constabulary played CCTV video astatine the quality league showing the infinitesimal Palmeter walked up to the car wherever helium killed the archetypal pistillate with his weapon loaded. It past chopped to video of him entering the shop.

Mr Waters besides confirmed that Palmeter fto immoderate radical retired of the store without injuring them.

"Why? I don't know. Some of them were white, but I bash judge determination was a mates that were not," helium said.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland said connected Sunday the Justice Department was "investigating this onslaught arsenic a hatred transgression and an enactment of racially motivated convulsive extremism".

"No idiosyncratic successful this state should person to unrecorded successful fearfulness of hate-fuelled unit and nary household should person to grieve the nonaccomplishment of a loved 1 to bigotry and hate," helium said.

The onslaught happened little than a mile from the historically achromatic Edwards Waters University.

Palmeter archetypal went to the assemblage campus, wherever helium was asked to place himself by a information officer, the assemblage said successful a statement. When helium refused, helium was asked to leave.

"The idiosyncratic returned to their car and near field without incident," the connection added.

Sheriff Waters said the gunman was past seen putting connected a bullet-resistant vest and a disguise earlier leaving the campus.

The assemblage went into lockdown aft the shooting.