A California man who killed 3 people in Fresno in 2017 has been convicted of murder in the racially motivated rampage.
Muhammad surrendered to police after he fired 17 shots in less than a minute at four Fresno locations in an area near the city's office of Catholic Charities, authorities have said.The Fresno police chief said at the time that Muhammed is a racist who planned"to kill as many white males as possible," and who advocated for the creation of a separate country for all of the United States' non-white residents.
Zackary David Randalls, 34, of Clovis, and Mark James Gassett, 37, and David Martin Jackson, 58, both of Fresno, were killed in the attack. At the time, Muhammad was wanted in connection with the shooting death of Carl Williams, 25, a security guard at a Motel 6, a week prior.that he killed all four people and that in the downtown Fresno shootings, he had planned to kill white men.
Muhammad's attorney, Richard Beshwate, said the jury was conscientious but he would have liked all of the convictions to be second-degree murder"based upon his mental-health issues," according to video fromIf the jury finds Muhammad was not sane at the time of the killings, he would spend the rest of his life in a state hospital, according to the newspaper. If they decide he was sane, he could face the death penalty or life in prison.
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