A neo-Nazi who killed three black people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville “snapped” after he stopped taking his meds days before the massacre, a neighbor claims.
Ryan Palmer, 21, walked into the Florida store on Saturday armed with two guns, including an AR-15-style rifle emblazoned with swastikas, and opened fire in what police are calling a hate crime.
Those who knew the killer have begun to share details about his life. One neighbor, identified only as Greg, said he never met the killer but knows his parents well, and speculated that Palmer had recently gone off his medication.
“From what I understand, he was on medication and for some reason he probably stopped a few days or a few days earlier. That’s probably when he snapped,” Greg told News4Jax.
Greg added that Palmater’s parents are “the kind of people who help anyone, anytime, anywhere.”
Ryan Palmer, 21, killed three black people Saturday at a Dollar General in Jacksonville
Terrifying footage shows the racist entering the Jacksonville Dollar General before shooting the three victims and then pointing the gun at himself
According to the police, the murders were motivated by race. The killer left behind a long manifesto
Andres Sanchez, a former classmate and neighbor, told the newspaper that Palmer was “involved in Internet humor” and a socially awkward introvert “obsessed with video games.”
The victims have been identified as Angela Michelle Carr, 52, Anolt Joseph “AJ” Laguerre Jr., 29, and Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion, 19.
Terrifying footage shows the racist entering the Jacksonville Dollar General before shooting the three victims and then pointing the gun at himself.
Palmer left a detailed manifesto, which police call the “diary of a madman.”
Sheriff TK Waters said the shooter “hated black people” and wanted to kill “n******.” He described the shooting as a “dark day in Jacksonville history.”
Both the rifle and pistol were purchased legally and legally, Waters said. The gun dealers — Wild West Guns and Orange Park Gun and Pawn — followed proper procedures in the sale, he added.
Walters said a federal civil rights investigation has been launched and officials are treating the shooting as a possible hate crime and an act of domestic violent extremism.
Palmer left his home for Jacksonville at 11:39 a.m. and texted his father to check his computer.
His shocked parents then called the sheriff’s office at 1:53 p.m. to report the manifest they found, but he had already begun his assault.
Angela Carr, 52 (right) was one of three victims shot dead Saturday at the Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida
In a photo from his Facebook page, shooting victim Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion, 29, is shown holding his infant daughter
Palmer used an assault rifle covered in Nazi swastikas in the attack Saturday before turning the gun on himself, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said
Palmer was seen donning tactical gear on the nearby Edward Waters University (EWU) campus just before the shooting.
Security from the historically black university tried to detain him, but he managed to evade them.
Palmer was reportedly involved in a 2016 domestic phone call without arrest and was detained in 2017 under the state’s Baker Act, which allows people to be involuntarily detained and subjected to investigation for up to 72 hours in a psychiatric facility. Hopital.
Agents from the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office stood outside Palmer’s home after the attack.
Patty Grisby, who is black, was shocked to find out he lived just a few doors down and said her children often played outside in the neighborhood.
‘I mean, they’re cycling. They play outside. I mean, it’s just really scary,” she told Fox 30.
The governor was called out by city councilors before he took the microphone himself and was met with overwhelming negativity — as a heckler yelled, “Your policies caused this!”
‘I mean, I really get goosebumps just thinking about it… It’s right here in our neighborhood. A quiet street.’
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis described the shooter as an “asshole” and called him a “coward” for committing suicide.
He said: ‘This shooting[was]based on the manifesto they discovered of the bastard who did this was racially motivated.
“He targeted people based on their race. That is completely unacceptable. This man committed suicide rather than face the music and accept responsibility for his actions.
“He took the way out for the coward. We condemn what happened in the strongest possible terms.
“We express our condolences to the victims and their families.”
The governor was brutally chased off stage during a vigil he attended for the three victims.
He was called out by city councilors before taking the microphone himself and was met with overwhelming negativity from the crowd — like a heckler yelling, “Your policies caused this!”