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Florida sheriff reveals identity of suspect in ‘racially motivated’ Jacksonville shooting

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4 people dead including suspect in Jacksonville mass shooting: Bryan Llenas

Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas has the latest on the shooting at a Jacksonville, Fla., Dollar General store on ‘Fox Report.’

The identity of the gunman who carried out a “racially motivated” shooting at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida, has been identified.

Ryan Christopher Palmeter, 21, killed two men and one woman at the store in a predominately African American neighborhood shortly after 1 p.m. on Saturday before killing himself at the scene, Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said Sunday.

“He lived with his parents in Orange Park in Clay County, Florida,” Waters said. “To our knowledge, he had no criminal or arrest history.”

Ryan Christopher Palmeter, 21, was identified as the Dollar General shooter in Jacksonville, Florida. (Jacksonville County Sheriffs Office)

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Authorities respond to the scene of a mass shooting at a Dollar General store, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux))

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