Nazi Flags Found In Home Of Walmart Mass Shooter

Newsweek reports:

Walmart mass shooting suspect Benjamin Charles Jones may have been at least partially inspired by a racially motivated violent extremist ideology, according to the FBI. The 20-year-old is suspected of using a Hi-Point .45 caliber carbine to shoot four people at a Walmart in Beavercreek, near Dayton, Ohio, on November 20 before turning the gun on himself. Officers found Nazi flags during a search of his house in Dayton.

Jones went to a Christian online school and spent all his time at home. He believed in right-wing conspiracy theories, including that the Holocaust did not happen, and had previously been admitted to hospital for mental-health evaluations. Jones’ extreme ideology, identified by the FBI, refers to a “loosely organized movement of individuals and groups that espouse some combination of racist, antisemitic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, misogynistic, and homophobic ideology.”

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NEW: The 20-year-old man who attempted to carry out a mass shooting inside an Ohio Walmart was a white supremacist and gun extremist who’d been admitted to the hospital for mental-health evaluations. He bought his long gun two days prior at a gun store: https://t.co/AqXjIXfDLU pic.twitter.com/ZLpWoEkXHt

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 23, 2023

Ohio does not:

Require background checks

Have a red flag law

Prevent domestic abusers from accessing guns

Ban assault weapons

Limit magazine capacity

Have waiting periods

Require permitting

Regulate open carry

— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 23, 2023