A Facebook page appearing to belong to a Georgia sheriff’s office spokesman promoted a T-shirt with racist language about China and the coronavirus last year.
As Cherokee County residents reacted to the unusual crime — the sheriff’s office investigated only one homicide in both 2020 and 2019 — some insisted the solution is more guns.
The suspected shooter who opened fire at the store and shooting range in Metairie, La., is among the dead, according to police. Two others who were hospitalized for injuries are in stable condition.
The shootings of the three protesters appeared to change the tenor of demonstrations on Wednesday night. The protests had turned violent a night earlier when two people were killed.
Investigators reportedly say they have evidence that Roy Den Hollander, the FBI's primary subject in the New Jersey killing, was involved in the killing of a rival attorney earlier this month.