The Jacksonville sheriff says that the suspect was “100 percent lucid” during the shooting that lasted under 11 minutes.
Residents gather at a prayer vigil for the victims of a mass shooting a day earlier, in Jacksonville, Fla., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023.
Jacksonville police on Sunday said law enforcement had been called about Palmeter previously in a domestic incident, and he also had been held during a mental health crisis. But those cases did not result in a criminal record, so there was no legal reason to stop him from acquiring the guns he purchased this year between April and July.
“The Justice Department is investigating this attack as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement Sunday. He also extended condolences to “the loved ones of the victims and to the Jacksonville community as they mourn an unimaginable loss.”
Law enforcement officials continue their investigation at a Dollar General Store that was the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. It’s not clear why Palmeter chose to park at the college, but the sheriff said the shooter did not appear to be targeting anyone there. “It looks to me that he went there to change into whatever he needed to change into,” said Waters, referring to the shooter’s tactical gear. “He had an opportunity to do violence there; he did not,” he said.
He was also involved in what officers described as a “domestic call” at his house in 2016 during an incident with his brother, though he was not arrested. Waters confirmed on Sunday that Palmeter had no criminal record. “We are not going to let people be targeted based on their race. We are going to stand up and we are going to do what we need to do to make sure that evil does not triumph in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said. Mourners briefly jeered during the governor’s remarks before Jacksonville Councilwoman Ju’Coby Pittman stepped in, calling on the crowd to put partisanship aside.
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