POLICE have reportedly discovered disturbing evidence, including Nazi flags, at the home of the Ohio Walmart shooter.
Benjamin Charles Jones, 20, allegedly fired shots inside the Beavercreek Walmart on Monday night, leaving four people injured before turning the gun on himself.
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"Based on evidence collected, including journal writings from the attacker, Benjamin Charles Jones, the attack may have been at least partially inspired by Racially Motivated Violent Extremist (RMVE) ideology," the FBI and Beavercreek Police Department said in a statement obtained by The U.S. Sun.
The victims in the attack included a white woman, a white man, and two Black women, the statement confirmed.
Documents obtained by local CBS affiliate WHIO have revealed more about what police found at Jones' house in Dayton, located about 55 miles north of Cincinnati.
When investigators searched Jones' house, they found two Nazi flags, “the SS history book,” and a shooting complex card.
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Handwritten notes were also among the evidence collected.
Police examined a laptop and an external hard drive as well.
Surveillance video captured at the Walmart store showed Jones getting out of a black pick-up truck in the store's parking lot moments before the shooting, which began just after 8:30 pm local time.
Jones had a backpack and a Hi-Point .45 caliber carbine long gun, according to court documents, and left his truck running with the door open.
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When they found the truck, “there appeared to be a handwritten note inside,” court documents stated.
Police confirmed that Jones died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Paul Becker, a sociology professor at the University of Dayton, explained to WHIO more about the "SS history book" found at Jones' home.
“It was basically the police state of Nazi Germany and they were allowed to operate without any type of restrictions or intervention," Becker told the outlet.
The professor also said that the identities of the victims will help police determine a motive.
“And seeing if you can make any direct connections between him targeting specific individuals and that might give more insight,” Becker said.
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More information has also emerged regarding the first 911 calls on the night of the shooting.
Initial reports of shots fired were received at 8:36 pm local time.
Officials said first responders were on the scene within three minutes.
One of the first 911 calls came from a man who was in his car, saying people were running from the store.
He recalled the moment he interacted with the shooter.
"Dude walked in, I thought he had a BB gun and he looked at me, said hi, and kept walkin'," the caller said, according to local ABC affiliate WKEF.
Emergency operators received an influx of calls and dispatchers confirmed that there was a shooter in the cereal section of the store, according to the outlet.
Another 911 call came from a group of women who were with one of the victims who had been shot in the store's garden section.
"She is bleeding very bad. There's a lot of blood," the caller said.
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"There, there's two people that's shot. The lady who's been shot in the head cannot move."
Police are continuing to investigate the shooter and have asked anyone with information to contact the FBI at 1-800-Call-FBI.
