FRESNO POLICE: 4 WHITE MEN KILLED IN A HATE CRIME
Police in Fresno, California have described the killing of four people by a gunman on Tuesday as a hate crime. The four victims of the gun attack were white and it is apparent that Kori Ali, the 39-year-old gun man shot at random
Kori Ali Muhammad, a black man, had previously told his family that there was a war between the blacks and the whites in America. Kori Ali released a rap album filled with violent and vulgar lyrics very early in the year. He also referred to whites as devils on one of his social media pages.
According to Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer, Kori Ali shouted “Allahu akbar” and expressed a deep hatred towards the government and white people before he surrendered to the police. Dyer said, “If in fact he’s lashing out at white people – white males in this case – that would constitute a hate crime. We believe it is a hate crime, definitely a hate crime.”
Muhammad is also a prime suspect in the killing of a security guard (also a white man) last week. The slain security guard was identified by police as Carl Williams. However, Vincent Taylor, Muhammad’s father told newsmen that Muhammad felt he was a part of an already existing war between the whites and the blacks and that “a battle was about to take place.”
After Fresno police made public the news of Carl Williams’ death, Muhammad altered his appearance by shaving his face and cutting off his braids before he set out to commit more crime. According to Dyer, Muhammad “made a decision to himself that he was not going to go to jail for shooting a security guard – that he was going to kill as many people as he could today, and that’s what he set out to do.”
The 39-year-old Muhammad changed his name from Kori Taylor when he was a teenager.
By Diamond and Silk ~Published