Republicans, Democrats united in horror as Jacksonville gunman is identified
A gunman’s racially motivated attack inside a Jacksonville Dollar General store that left three dead Saturday continued to spread shock and horror across the political divide Sunday, right up to President Joe Biden.
The gunman was identified as Ryan Palmeter, 21. He legally purchased his guns in recent months even though he had been involuntarily committed for a mental health examination in 2017, Sheriff T.K. Waters said. He killed himself after killing his three victims, The Associated Press reported.
Writings that the gunman left behind left little doubt the killings were racially motivated.
Biden’s statement noted the irony that the violence unfolded on the same day chosen to commemorate...
