The Associated Press removed all references to Islam when it reported on the capture of the Fresno killer Kori Ali Muhammad, including his shouted words "Allahu Akbar" when he was captured Tuesday afternoon, changing them to their English translation, "God is great".
Muhammad "is not a terrorist but he is a racist", Dyer said.
"I did it. I shot them", Muhammad told officers as they arrested him, according to the chief.
Muhammad's social media posts frequently expressed a dislike of white people as well as the government.
The news agency also declined to mention the 39-year-old African-American Muslim's black supremacist leanings.
All four of the men killed on Tuesday were white, as was the security guard and the other man Mohammad shot at but missed.
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer called the acts unprovoked and "solely based on race".
Vincent said: "I'm happy he was arrested". Muhammad allegedly tried to shoot a second security guard but was out of bullets.
On Tuesday, after he learned he was wanted for the guard's death, he set out to kill more people, Dyer said.
The suspect then fled and hid on a gas station roof.
Dyer said his department had contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation over the incident. A man shot and killed three people on the.
Of its slain employee, PG&E said: "Our hearts are very heavy as we have lost a member of our PG&E family". He told her loved her too.
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Muhammad is facing four counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder, police said. The Fresno County Courthouse in Downtown Fresno is also on lockdown. "I shot them." A weapon, speed loader and additional ammo were found on his person.
Two of the victims may have been clients of Catholic Charities, Dyer said.
Eddie Valencia said Wednesday that he and Zackary Randalls were friends for 15 years after bonding on a job over a love of music and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He also shot Mark Gassett on a sidewalk, pumping two more rounds into him as the man lay on the ground. "Allahu Akbar" is what jihadists scream before they kill their victims.
Valencia called Randalls "one of the wittiest people he's ever known", saying the two loved to laugh.
The shooting rampage shocked the Fresno community.
Jackson, 58, of Fresno, was gunned down in the parking lot of the charity's building. His identity wasn't released.
Police are still searching for Muhammad's gun.
Francine Williams described her 25-year-old son, Carl Williams, as a kind and giving person who had recently gotten engaged. His attorney said that Muhammad had "paranoia" and thought the justice system and his defense attorney were conspiring against him, court papers said.
Fresno Police chief Jerry Dyer reviews notes on the triple fatal shooting before addressing the media Tuesday, April 18, 2017, in Fresno, Calif. In a song, Muhammad hails, "Black father, the maker, the owner, the cream of the planet Earth".
A short time later, police spotted Muhammad running through the streets and he was arrested. Dominguez said Muhammad didn't appear to have any connection to the center.
A shooting rampage in Downtown Fresno left three people dead at three separate locations- the suspected gunman is in custody.
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says 39-year-old Kori Ali Muhammad, who is black, told investigators he made a decision to kill white people after police on Tuesday publicly identified him as a suspect in last week's slaying of a Motel 6 security guard.
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