White American Publix shooter who killed grandmother, grandson had posted online about wanting to 'kill people and children' but no one reported it.

 

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White American Publix shooter who killed grandmother, grandson had posted online about wanting to 'kill people and children' but no one reported it.

By Edward Era Barbacena

ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. - The gunman who stalked and then killed a grandmother and her 1-year-old grandson inside a Florida Publix had been threatening to kill people, including children, on his Facebook page but no one reported him, a Florida sheriff said Friday.

Timothy J. Wall, 55, had been making the threats for some time before he walked into a Publix in Royal Palm Beach on Thursday, stalked his victims in the produce aisle before first shooting the child and then the woman before killing himself, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and his detectives said. Detectives have found no connection between Wall and the woman.

"He has said, ‘I want to kill people and children.' He's got friends. Obviously, they saw that. His ex-wife said that he has been acting strange. He thinks he is being followed. He's paranoid. Do you think a damn soul told us about that? No," Bradshaw said at a press conference. "If it sounds like I'm angry, I am."

Under Florida's so-called Red Flag Law, a law enforcement agency can seek an order from a judge to seize the firearms of anyone shown to be a danger to themselves or others and hold them for a year. That can be extended if an agency shows the person is still a danger.

It was enacted in 2018 by the Republican-led Legislature shortly after a former student with a history of mental and emotional problems killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, less than an hour's drive from Thursday's shooting.

Source: Fox News