Police: Surveillance Video Helped Identify Alleged Killer
RICHMOND, Va. -- Police in Virginia have arrested a man in connection with a shooting rampage there.
Daniel Bowler was taken into custody without a fight at a hotel. Police say he has a criminal record, but wouldn't elaborate.
Two of the people killed were shopkeepers -- gunned down in front of horrified customers by a shooter yelling racial slurs.
Bowler was the subject of an intense manhunt for more than 24 hours after the killings. He had been identified from surveillance pictures from a convenience store where one victim was shot.
The killings were initially thought to be possible hate crimes. But police now say Bowler knew the victims and that the killings may have been some form of retaliation.
Huh? So... is it a "hate" crime because he shouted racial slurs, or is it a "hate" crime because he murdered a whole bunch of people? Or is it even possible to know the animal's state of mind to somehow ascertain that this was somehow related to race? Why does it matter? There are still a bunch of dead people because of this cretin. Why can't we just punish people who do this stuff? Why does it have to matter what he was thinking about his victims as he murdered them? "Oh, hey, no, this wasn't a hate crime. He was just retaliating." As if somehow the victims deserved their fate? I don't get it.
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