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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Kelly Rissman,Alisha Rahaman Sarkar and Ariana Baio

Jacksonville shooter may have planned to target different dollar store before killing three – live

Copyright The Florida Times-Union 2023

Ron DeSantis booed by mourners at Jacksonville vigil after racist shooting

The gunman who killed three people in a racially motivated attack at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, may have originally planned to target a different store, it has been revealed.

Surveillance footage shows the gunman arriving at a Family Dollar store at around 12.23pm on Saturday.

Dressed in a mask, he held the door open for Black customers entering and exiting and briefly entered but then left without carrying out an attack.

Jacksonville Sheriff TK Waters told reporters in a press conference that the shooter, identified as 21-year-old Ryan Palmeter, then went to Edwards Waters University where he was turned away by a security guard.

He then went to the Dollar General store – around a mile from the first store – where he shot and killed three people: Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr, 19, and Jarrald De’Shaun Gallion, 29.

As details emerge about the shooting, governor Ron DeSantis has come under fire in the wake of the gun violence in the state where he has loosened gun laws.

At a vigil on Sunday, the crowd booed Mr DeSantis, forcing him to step back from the microphone.

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