a white supremacist killed three people this Saturday in the city of Jacksonville, in the north of the state of Florida, before committing suicideas confirmed by local authorities and later by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

The murderer used a long rifle and a gun Palmetto brand on which he had painted a swastikaaccording to an image shown at a press conference by police officer TK Walters, who also indicated that the white supremacist had left “a manifesto” with hate messages at his home, and that the murders were “racially motivated”.

The governor of Florida has issued a statement condemning the events and implying that the deceased were black, noting that the killer “chose the victims because of their race, which is totally unacceptable.” “It is a dark day in the history of Jacksonville. There is no place for hate in this community,” Walters declared for his part as he revealed the first details and showed the weapons used by the murderer.

For her part, the mayor, Donna Deagan, present at the appearance, also confirmed the reasons: “As Walters has said, It’s a hate crime. It’s up to us to do everything we can to deter this kind of hate,” she stressed.

At the moment, it is unknown who the victims are, although they were apparently randomly chosen by man inside a local Dollar General chain of storesalthough according to some local media he also fired at cars that were passing by in the vicinity.

The perpetrator of the shooting, according to witnesses, He was dressed in a camouflage uniform.gloves and a ski mask. According to multiple sources cited by the local media ‘News4jax’, around 12:45 local time (16.45 GMT), a man who responds to the characteristics of the murderer was first seen at Edward Waters University (EWU).

the suspect hid behind the library from the university, and although campus security tried to catch him, the man was able to flee from there. It was then that he allegedly went to a “Dollar General” chain store, where the “Fox 30” channel showed a SWAT team of special forces in the surroundings, while they were involved in a shootout with the suspect, who was armed. inside a store.

“This is unacceptable. One shooting is too many, but these mass shootings are really hard to bear,” the mayor said. Precisely, this event occurred on the same day that five years ago a man killed two people and injured 11 others before shooting himself in a gaming tournament in the old Jacksonville Landing, as reported by ‘News4jax ‘.