Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a strong condemnation of a Saturday shooting at a Dollar General in Jacksonville where the suspect allegedly intended to target Black people.

DeSantis spoke with Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters early Saturday evening.

“Able to speak with Sheriff T.K. Waters in Jacksonville about the horrific shooting that took place,” DeSantis said in a video. “This shooting, based on the manifesto that they’ve discovered from the scumbag that did, this – was racially motivated.”

Waters reported that the shooting was a “hate crime” with the suspect’s manifesto purportedly expressing the desire to kill Black people, using a slur to describe them.