the shooter went to a campus of edward waters university. a security guard turned him away after he refused to identify himself before police say he went to the dollar general. i am very, very angry right now. i m emotional. you know, we got kids there this community seeing all of this. this is unnecessary. reporter: the sheriff told me the assailant left behind ramblings addressed to his parents, the media and the fbi. those hate-filled messages do not represent the jacksonville community. thank you. to australia. there was a deadly crash involving u.s. marines. they were killed when their osprey aircraft crashed during joint military exercises.
tonight the fbi is investigating a deadly attack in jacksonville, florida. it happened saturday. a masked white man was carrying at least one weapon. the victims identified today, from 19 to 52. president biden denounced the attack saying, white supremacy has no place in america. we have the latest on the investigation. reporter: good evening. a vigil is being held near the scene. today we are getting a look at video showing the moments just prior to the shooting. he was lucid.
he knew what he was doing. reporter: a mass shooting in a blackj jacksonville neighborhood was motivated by race according to the sheriff. his writing and manifesto were the diary of a mad man who made no secret about his thoughts about black people. reporter: video shows the shooter pointing a rifle as he entered the store saturday. police say he wore bullet resistant armor and used a handgun along with an ar-15 rifle to kill black people inside. he stopped at a nearby store when he heard the gunfire said this man. i heard pop, pop. i seen him drop. reporter: investigators said the gunman obtained the weapons legally and issued racist statements before the shooting. photos show his weapons covered in nazi nazi symbols.