A gunman recorded himself preparing to go out and shoot somebody before finding his target at a supermarket.
20-year-old Richard Klaff made a live Facebook video of himself lighting up his cigar at 6.15 pm on Thursday as he prepared to execute his attack on a Kroger in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
‘I’m gonna shoot 11 people… watch’, he says in the live video, before he loads his pistol and heads downstairs, looking for a suitable person to shoot and kill in the supermarket.
‘Which one am I gonna choose? Let me find someone good real quick, I ain’t gonna kill no old-a** man,’ he said.
‘Oh yeah, I see one, I see one,’ he said, after locating a black woman, then he shot six times at her. Luckily he missed his target and the bullets did not injure anybody.
Watch the video below:
After the shooting, Richard Klaff fled the scene to another nearby store, where he was subsequently arrested.
He was locked up in the Allen County Jail and is charged with three counts of attempted murder and one count of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon.
The woman Klaff decided to shoot said she was selected as the target due to her colour.
Kroger in a statement, directed all enquiries to the police.
‘For now, to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation, we are referring questions to the Fort Wayne Police Department’.
Tracy Bartak, the president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 700 said ‘Store 425 will be closed the rest of tonight and tomorrow’.
‘Our hearts go out to all of our Kroger family who were affected by tonight’s shooting’.
‘Beginning Friday, mental health counselors will be available free of charge for anyone in need both in person at the store as well as via phone or FaceTime.’
