Police have released the 911 call made by the father of the Jacksonville gunman who killed three Black people in a racist attack.
The gunman, identified as 21-year-old Ryan Palmeter, left his home on Saturday and headed to a Dollar General store armed with an AR-15-style rifle and handgun that he had covered in swastikas.
There, he shot and killed Anolt Laguerre Jr, 19, Jerrald De’Shaun Gallion, 29, and 52-year-old Angela Carr.
The gunman seemingly planned the attack, as he left behind notes and writings for his family and law enforcement authorities about his motive before he died by suicide.
In a 911 call released by police, the gunman’s father can be heard telling an emergency dispatcher that his son has stopped taking his psychiatric medicine.
Earlier it was revealed that the gunman may have originally planned to target a different store.
Dressed in a mask, he held the door open for Black customers entering and exiting and briefly entered but then left without carrying out an attack. The gunman then went to Edwards Waters University where he was turned away by a security guard.