Gunman Calling Himself ‘Black Jesus’ Goes on Rampage, Shoots Strangers Dead on the Street (Photos)

A man calling himself ‘Black Jesus’ has
gone haywire, gunning people down on the
street in a mission to ‘kill white people’.
Kori Ali Muhammad
Kori Ali Muhammad, a gunman who
nicknamed himself ‘Black Jesus’ shot and
killed three strangers in a bid to kill as
many white people as possible, police said.
According to Metro UK, during his
rampage, Kori Ali Muhammad, 39, first
walked up to a lorry and shot the man
sitting in the passenger seat. He shot at
another and missed, then hit a 37-year-old
man walking on a pavement as he carried
groceries.
The final victim was shot dead in the car
park of a charity building. They were shot
seconds apart at around 10.45am yesterday
in Fresno, California.
As he was arrested he shouted ‘Allahu
Akbar’ – God is great – but police said the
shootings had ‘nothing to do with terrorism in
spite of the statement he made.
‘This is solely based on race.’
Muhammad, who is black, fired 16 rounds
in less than two minutes at four places
within a block, shooting white men who
simply appeared to be going about their
daily business, police said.
Fresno police chief Jerry Dyer said: ‘These
individuals who were chosen today did not do
anything to deserve what they got. These were
unprovoked attacks by an individual that was
intent on carrying out homicides today. He did
that.’
The scene of the incident
Police had put out a news release hours
before the shootings Tuesday, saying that
Muhammad was armed and dangerous and
wanted over the shooting death of a
security guard at a Motel 6 last week.
The guard, 25-year-old Carl Williams, was
white.
Muhammad told officers who arrested him
that he was the man they were looking for,
Mr Dyer said, saying: ‘I did it. I shot them.’
Police are searching for the revolver
Muhammad said he threw into a pile of
clothing.
Muhammad faces four counts of murder
and at least two additional charges of
assault with a deadly weapon.
On what appeared to be his Facebook page,
he repeatedly posted ‘#LetBlackPeopleGo’
and encouraged ‘black warriors’ to ‘mount
up’.
He wrote that his ‘kill rate increases
tremendously on the other side’ and also
posted about ‘white devils’.
Muhammad has a criminal history that
includes arrests on weapons, drugs and
false imprisonment charges and making
terrorist threats.
He had been associated with gangs but he
was not a confirmed member, police say.
Muhammad was charged in 2005 with
possessing cocaine with intent to distribute,
court records show.
Federal prosecutors said at the time that he
was also in possession of a 9mm semi-
automatic handgun and two rifles after
being convicted of a felony.
He claimed insanity and his lawyer
requested a psychiatric examination, saying
Muhammad ‘appeared eccentric with some
bizarre beliefs’.
A psychiatrist who examined Muhammad
believed he had psychosis, his lawyer said
in the court filing.
He also ‘suffered auditory hallucinations and had
at least two prior mental health hospitalisations’,
according to court documents.
Police said his former name was Cory
McDonald and a woman who identified
herself as Taylor’s grandmother said the
family last saw him on Easter Sunday.
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