Just hours before the shootings on Tuesday, police published a news release warning that Muhammad was armed and risky and wanted for the murder last week of a white motel security guard, 25-year-old Carl Williams. Mark James Gassett, a 37-year-old from Fresno, died in a neighborhood, and 58-year-old David Martin Jackson of Fresno was shot outside a charity office and died at a hospital.
The final victim was shot dead in the auto park of a charity building.
Randalls had just joined PG&E as a customer service representative six weeks ago, said the IBEW 1245 local chapter to which Randalls belonged.
Williams was a supervisor for Toys "R" Us who was at his second job at a Motel 6 when Muhammad shot him multiple times after an argument, police and the mother said. The suspect, who was armed with a revolver, then dropped shell casings and reloaded his gun before he set off to Catholic Charities on North Fulton Street in Fresno, Dyer said. He also allegedly shot at a 59-year-old man, but missed, and pointed his gun at a group of Hispanic women, including a 4-year-old, but didn't pull the trigger. Another 59-year-old white man was shot at but not struck.
"A total of 16 rounds were fired according to our gunshot detection system, and all of those occurred in approximately a minute to a minute and a half", said Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer.
Two Latina women and a child crossed paths with Muhammad but were luckier. Muhammad pointed the gun at them as they sat in their vehicle trying to flee, but didn't shoot.
Muhammad also has a criminal history in Sacramento dating back to 1997 when he was arrested for making criminal threats.
Muhammad, 39, was arrested shortly after the rampage.
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Prosecutors say Muhammad is expected to be charged with four counts of murder in the three killings Tuesday and in the slaying last week of a motel security guard.
"As he spoke about the shooting and shooting individuals, he did so in a very callous manner", said Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer. Police suspect that the man responsible for three shooting.
Police have said they think race was a factor in Tuesday's shootings, but they haven't discussed a motive in the guard's death.
Initial investigations have revealed that the shooter in a Muslim of African-American descent whose name is Kori Ali Muhammad.
He was deemed mentally unfit to stand trial in 2005 after a grand jury indicted him on cocaine and firearm possession charges. At some point he is said to have uttered the Arabic phrase "Allahu Ackbar" (God is great). He had been associated with gangs but he was not a confirmed member, police say.
"There is every reason to believe he acted alone", Chief Dyer said, adding that there is no evidence so far to suspect a terrorism motive. He also said he'd had "at least two prior mental health hospitalizations". Dyer says he watched detectives investigate, then left and hid by a dumpster.
She said Wednesday she was in shock, but also at peace because she had the chance to tell him how much she loved him and how proud she was of him a few days before his death.
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