Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch speaks at a press conference at the Hall County Sheriff Headquarters in Gainesville on Saturday, May 5, 2018. (Layne Saliba, Gainesville Times)
Hate-filled documents calling the Parkland, Fla., mass shooter a hero were found at the home of the Snellville man who shot at and hit at least seven vehicles, wounding two drivers, Friday afternoon in northeast Hall County.
The man, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound while fleeing authorities in his car, was identified Saturday as Rex Harbour, 26.
Investigators with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office are working to determine why Harbour took position in the woods off Ga. 365 near Tribble Gap Road and shot a 9 mm pistol at northbound vehicles. He did not have a history of violence or links to any criminal activity, Hall County Sheriff Gerald Couch said at a press conference Saturday, May 5 .
In the documents found at the home where he lived with his parents, Harbour wrote that “(Nikolas) Cruz gave him courage and confidence,” Couch said. “The remainder of the documents that I saw were very hate-filled in that regard.” Cruz killed 17 people Feb. 14 at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
The two wounded drivers, a 54-year-old Gainesville man shot in the left hip and a 73-year-old Demorest man shot in the lower left leg, were transported Friday afternoon to Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Both were listed in satisfactory condition Friday. Another driver sustained minor injuries from glass shattering when a bullet hit her vehicle’s windshield.
Couch did not release the victims’ names or have information about where they are from during the press conference.
Article by Shannon Casas, Gainesville Times
