White man fatally shoots three black people in ‘racially motivated’ attack in Florida

The gunman, who was in his 20s, used a Glock handgun and an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with at least one of the firearms painted with a swastika

The shooting happened just before 2pm local time at a Dollar General near Edward Waters University (John Raoux/AP)

A white gunman who killed three people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida was “racially motivated”, police said.

“He hated black people,” Jacksonville sheriff TK Waters told a news conference.