The victim's co-worker drove him to police headquarters, but the man was pronounced dead.
Muhammad's social media posts reportedly demonstrate a hatred of white people, along with anti-government feelings.
But hey now you bigoted Islamophobes! LIVE | Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer holds a press conference on triple shooting in Central Fresno https://t.co/AVYqecT1zR pic.twitter.com/oQOgegptqL- ABC30 Fresno (@ABC30) 18 avril 2017 What are the police saying? Muhammad kept walking but ran into the arresting officer at Divisadero and shouted "Allah Akbar" as he was taken into custody Dyer said he does not believe Tuesday's attack was related to terrorism, but it appears to be a hate crime since all the victims were white men. This makes no sense.
Online Superior Court records show Kori Ali Muhammad was charged with more than a dozen felonies and misdemeanors between 1997 and 2004 using several aliases. Most Americans don't have an ear for Arabic.
Muhammad also was wanted in connection with the fatal shooting Thursday night of a security guard at a Motel 6 who was responding to a disturbance, Lt. Mark Hudson, Fresno police department public information officer, confirmed to USA TODAY.
Muhammad faces four counts of murder and at least two additional charges of assault with a deadly weapon. He also yelled "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) when he was arrested Tuesday, officials said. Fresno shooting spree suspect motivated by race, said Fresno police. "He was a good-hearted person, very caring, very loving", a tearful Wagner told CNN on Wednesday. He was already wanted for a separate killing from last week, in which a Motel 6 security guard in Fresno was gunned down.
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She saw her son a few days before he died and spontaneously told him she loved him and was proud of him.
In a statement, Fresno Mayor Lee Brand said: "This is a sad day for us all". Police say Williams was unarmed.
Police say Kori Ali Muhammad on Tuesday singled out white victims and killed them at random because he believed there was a war going on between blacks and whites in America. Muhammad was living on the streets and most people had "disassociated" themselves from him, the chief said. The final victim, 58, was gunned down in the parking lot of a charity building, authorities said.
In 2005, after being indicted on drug charges in Fresno, Muhammad was ultimately ruled mentally incompetent to stand trial, as the LA Times reports.
His public defender raised questions on whether Muhammad was mentally fit to stand trial, noting that on several occasions, he had "appeared eccentric with some freaky beliefs" and appeared to have hallucinations.
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