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Gregory Alan Bush, who was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for hate and gun crimes.
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Gregory Alan Bush, who was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury for hate and gun crimes.
Louisville Metro Department of Corrections / AP
Gregory Bush, a white man accused of killing two blacks at a Kroger grocery store in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, last month, was charged on Thursday by a federal grand jury of hate crimes and charges. Firearm.
The 51-year-old journalist is accused of "killing two victims for their race and color, and shooting a third man because of his race and color", according to a statement from US Attorney Russell Coleman, in Western. Kentucky District.
"There is no room for hate-motivated violence in our community or in the Commonwealth," Coleman said in a statement. "Federal, state, and local forces are coming together to ensure that Kentuckians can shop, bow, or go to school without fear of the specter of fear."
The indictment alleges that Bush committed the murders "after substantial planning and premeditation".
Investigators said Bush opened fire in a supermarket on October 24, fatally killing Maurice Stallard, 69, in the back of his head, before shooting at him several times. On leaving, Bush killed Vickie Lee Jones, 67, in the parking lot.
A white man who was on the same parking lot at the time of the shooting told reporters that Bush was joining him and said, "Do not shoot me, I will not shoot you." Whites do not shoot whites. "
A few minutes before the ambush, Bush also filmed a surveillance video while attempting to enter the First Baptist Church – an African-American majority congregation – at a ceremony but locked doors prevented him from entering.
According to Laurel Walmsley of NPR, "Bush has a long criminal record, including being convicted of domestic assault for hitting his father in the face and raising his mother's neck".
Bush is also charged with the use and unloading of a firearm while committing the aforementioned violent crimes.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has called Bush's alleged crimes "horrible".
"We can not and will not tolerate racially motivated violence," Whitaker said in a statement. "We will bring the full force of the law against them and any other alleged hate crime against compatriots of all races," he said.
In case of conviction, Bush could be sentenced to life imprisonment or even execution. The Ministry of Justice has stated that it will decide later whether or not to implement the death penalty.
On November 2, Bush pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and two counts of indiscriminate harm.
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