Kentucky Kroger killings being investigated as possible hate crime, feds say
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Jeffersontown police had previously declined to comment on whether federal and local authorities were investigating the shooting as a possible hate crime.
A shooting spree allegedly carried out by a white suspect who took the lives of two black people at a Kroger store in Kentucky is being investigated as a possible hate crime, federal prosecutors said Friday.
According to a statement issued by the United States Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Kentucky, federal investigators are working with local law enforcement to determine how the alleged gunman, Gregory Bush, will tried in court.
Among the possible charges for the Wednesday shooting are “potential civil rights violations such as hate crimes,” according to U.S. Attorney Russell M. Coleman.
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