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Police said they quickly arrested a suspect who they determined had previously expressed anger toward white people and the government. After the suspect was taken into custody, he yelled “Allahu akbar,” according to Jerry Dyer, the Fresno police chief.

Police said they quickly arrested a suspect who they determined had previously expressed anger toward white people and the government. After the suspect was taken into custody, he yelled “Allahu akbar,” according to Jerry Dyer, the Fresno police chief.

Dyer said police believed the killings were “motivated by hate” and not tied to terrorism. The suspected attacker gave a statement that made police “believe it is a hate crime” and not related to terrorism, Dyer said, but the police chief declined to elaborate on what was said.</blockquote></ref> the hate rhetoric of [[Nation of Islam]],<ref>Bale, J. M., Bar-On, T. (2022). Fighting the Last War: Confusion, Partisanship, and Alarmism in the Literature on the Radical Right. United States: Lexington Books. [https://books.google.com/books?id=POlXEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 128].</ref><ref>Joseph Serna, Hailey Branson-Potts, James Queally, [http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fresno-shooter-suspect-20170418-story.html Suspect in Fresno shooting rampage spoke about racial conflict and black nationalism], ''Los Angeles Times'', April 18, 2017.</ref> and Anti-white racial hatred.<ref>Corin Hoggard, [https://abc30.com/5998434/ Racial murder motivation part of chilling confession from quad killer], ''KFSN-TV, ABC30'', March 9, 2020.</ref>

Dyer said police believed the killings were “motivated by hate” and not tied to terrorism. The suspected attacker gave a statement that made police “believe it is a hate crime” and not related to terrorism, Dyer said, but the police chief declined to elaborate on what was said.</blockquote></ref> the hate rhetoric of [[Nation of Islam]];<ref>Bale, J. M., Bar-On, T. (2022). Fighting the Last War: Confusion, Partisanship, and Alarmism in the Literature on the Radical Right. United States: Lexington Books. [https://books.google.com/books?id=POlXEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA128 128].</ref><ref>Joseph Serna, Hailey Branson-Potts, James Queally, [http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-fresno-shooter-suspect-20170418-story.html Suspect in Fresno shooting rampage spoke about racial conflict and black nationalism], ''Los Angeles Times'', April 18, 2017.</ref> and Anti-white racial hatred.<ref>Corin Hoggard, [https://abc30.com/5998434/ Racial murder motivation part of chilling confession from quad killer], ''KFSN-TV, ABC30'', March 9, 2020.</ref>

Described as: 'calloused' racist who 'set out to kill as many as he could.'<ref>Rory Appleton, Marc Benjamin, [http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article145499739.html Dyer: Rampage shooter is 'calloused' racist who 'set out to kill as many as he could'], ''The Fresno Bee'', April 19, 2017.</ref>

Described as: 'calloused' racist who 'set out to kill as many as he could.'<ref>Rory Appleton, Marc Benjamin, [http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/crime/article145499739.html Dyer: Rampage shooter is 'calloused' racist who 'set out to kill as many as he could'], ''The Fresno Bee'', April 19, 2017.</ref>