The gunman who shot dead three people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday afternoon in a racially-motivated attack has been named as 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmeter.
Armed with an AR 15-style rifle and Glock handgun and sporting a tactical vest and face mask, the shooter fired 11 rounds into a car in the store’s parking lot – killing his first victim – shortly after 1pm on Saturday before entering the Dollar General in the city’s New Town neighbourhood, allowing some shoppers to leave before opening fire on those who remained, finally turning his gun on himself.
