3 People Dead After Shots Fired in Florida Dollar General Store

Authorities respond to the scene of a mass shooting at a Dollar General store, Saturday, A
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Three people were shot and killed in a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General Store early Saturday afternoon.

The suspected shooter is also dead.

News4Jax reported that a witness said the suspected shooter allegedly fired at cars outside the store before going inside. The Independent noted that the suspect then allegedly barricaded himself in the store.

The suspect was spotted around 12:45 p.m at Jacksonville’s Edward Waters University near the school’s library prior to the shooting.

The deceased suspect’s parents contacted law enforcement to inform them they had found a manifesto and deputies were dispatched to the family home.

No information has been made public yet on the type of firearm used or how the gun was acquired.

Breitbart News pointed out that three people were shot and killed at a bar in California Wednesday night. The attacker in California opened fire during $8 spaghetti night.

AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010, a speaker at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit, and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at awrhawkins@breitbart.com.

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