"Racist Shooting in Jacksonville: Gunman Targeted Black Victims, Authorities Say"

The gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, had previously been turned away from a historically Black university before carrying out the racist shooting. The shooter, described as a White man in his early 20s, targeted Black people and left behind writings expressing his hatred and using racial slurs. The FBI is investigating the incident as a hate crime. The shooter had a history with law enforcement calls and it is being probed how he obtained the firearms. This shooting is part of a series of public place shootings in the US, with over 470 mass shootings recorded so far in 2023.