Survivor claims shooter spared him, saying 'whites don't kill whites'

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A man who survived Wednesday's shooting at a Kentucky supermarket claims the gunman told him he only spared his life because of his race.

Ed Harrell, a Louisville resident, told the Courier-Journal that he was waiting for his wife outside a Kroger in Jeffersontown, Ky., on Wednesday when a man later identified as 51-year-old Gregory Bush walked by him with a gun.

Having already heard gunshots coming from inside the store, Harrell was crouched by the side of his vehicle, clutching his revolver when he shared a brief exchange with Bush.

"Don’t shoot me. I won't shoot you," Harrell claims the shooter told him. "Whites don’t shoot whites."

Harrell says he then dove behind a car and watched as the shooter got in a vehicle and drove off.

Neither Harrell nor his wife were injured during the attack, which left two people dead.

The victims, both African American, were later identified as Maurice Stallard, a 69-year-old man grocery shopping with his grandson, and Vicki Lee Jones, a 67-year-old woman who recently moved to Jeffersontown because it was "safe."

Police say Bush "pulled a pistol from his waistband and shot (Stallard) in the rear of the head and again multiple times as he lay on the floor," the Courier-Journal reports.

The shooter then re-holstered his weapon and walked out of the store, where he drew his weapon again and shot Jones dead.

Bush was jailed on Thursday and is being held on a $5 million bond. He faces two counts of murder and 10 counts of wanton endangerment.

He has a long criminal history, including a protective order taken out against him by his ex-wife and charges of second- and fourth-degree assault, menacing, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, terroristic threatening and intimidating a witness.

Bush also struggles with mental illness, including paranoid schizophrenia, according to a Facebook page that allegedly belongs to him.





I had seen the reports of this incident the other day, but it had little info until now.

Damn. Obviously a hate crime.

This man also had a pretty well documented police record, and possibly suffered from a host of mental issues as well.

Boy, there's been a ton of far-right related attacks lately. 

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

This man also had a pretty well documented police record, and possibly suffered from a host of mental issues as well.

I have to be that guy and ask: why was he allowed access to guns?

QuestionMark wrote:

Boy, there's been a ton of far-right related attacks lately. I have to be that guy and ask: why was he allowed access to guns?

True, the timing on all these incidents are quite suspicious. BUT you know me always thinking things are shady AF!

ShadowedGoddess wrote:

QuestionMark wrote:

Boy, there's been a ton of far-right related attacks lately. I have to be that guy and ask: why was he allowed access to guns?

True, the timing on all these incidents are quite suspicious. BUT you know me always thinking things are shady AF!

Activates your almonds, I'll give you that. 

Though I personally find the idea of these being false-flags to be up there with the Moon landing being a hoax.

Statistically speaking, he is right you know.