2023 Jacksonville shooting

2023 Jacksonville shooting
2023 Jacksonville shooting
	Surveillance camera screenshot showing Palmeter at the Dollar General entrance
Location	2161 Kings Road, Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates	30°20′57″N 81°41′46″W
Date	August 26, 2023 ; 1:08 – 1:19 p.m. (EDT; UTC−04:00)
Target	African Americans
Attack type	Triple-murder, murder suicide, mass shooting, domestic terrorism, hate crime
Weapons	5.56 NATO Palmetto State Armory PA-15 AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle; 10mm Glock 20 Gen4 semi-automatic pistol;
Deaths	4 (including the perpetrator)
Perpetrator	Ryan Christopher Palmeter
Motive	White supremacy/nationalism; Anti-black racism;

On August 26, 2023, three people were fatally shot by a gunman in a mass shooting that took place at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida. Authorities identified 21-year-old white male Ryan Christopher Palmeter as the gunman. Palmeter shot and killed himself after he barricaded himself in an office. The incident has been described as a terrorist attack, was racially motivated, and is currently under investigation as a hate crime.

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